Sometimes, it’s not easy to fit in. Especially when you’re obese. As a young girl, I never felt like I fit in. Part of that was due to the fact that most clothes did not fit me. My sisters and I had a special technique we would use to make sure our shrinking clothes would […]
Recently, my uncle Frank passed away from liver cancer. Many of you are aware that my grandmother’s death was the wake-up call I needed in order to lose 100 pounds. Uncle Frank was Grandma’s son. He struggled with diabetes before succumbing to liver cancer. He was a wonderful man who will be missed by all […]
The KFC locations in Minneapolis closed recently. As I saw the boarded up windows, I felt nostalgic. After all, KFC put me in the hospital. I was 17 years old. KFC was our family’s traditional Friday fare. Even though I had been diagnosed with gall bladder stones just the previous year, I thought nothing of […]