Tag: older women and body image

The Pressure To Be Thick

The Pressure To Be Thick

When my 12-year-old daughter first told me she wished she wasn’t so skinny, I immediately thought back to my middle school days and how...
Moms, When Did We Lose Our Glory?

Moms, When Did We Lose Our Glory?

It is the early 1990s and I am around five years old. On a hot, summer afternoon, my parents' room always seemed deliciously cool,...