Little white lies will rest on your thighs. We all cheat on diets. It’s a universal fact. We all do it. Sneaking a cookie. Stealing away with a cup of ice cream. Claiming that single flight of stair climb as ‘exercise.’ It is inevitable that when you embark on a journey to lose weight you…
Category: Writing
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #2 Carbs are not My Friends
Every sugar high comes with a sugar low. I love carbs. I love carbs and I do mean all carbs. I love potatoes and tomatoes. I love oranges and bananas. I love popcorn and potato chips. I love cheezit crackers and wheat thins. I love ice cream and chocolate cake. I love bread and cupcakes…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #1 Authentic Rest is Power
Stop complaining about how tired you are and go to bed. Each week I’ve decided to focus on one habit that I need to focus on in an effort to get my momentum back so that I can lose the next 30 pounds. This week my focus is on rest. I spend a lot of…
it was more than a dream (i testify it was)
in a world where president barack obama were literally among his first words he lies unaware of the prices that were paid he knows not the emmitts that came before him and i like it that way he believes that its all within reach and completely doable who wants to be president when you can…
an artist at 42
what i know for sure just is the earth is but a speck in our solar system our solar system is a tiny flutter in this galaxy and this galaxy is but a splash of dust in this universe and even in this big ever expanding place God loved me so much that in my…
the longest list
if it were only a matter of a hungry dog and trash that needed to be taken curbside ease is how i would label my life of ordinary heroism taking small steps walking on the stilettos of hope i wake before dawn making room for lunch by noon late a necessary evil i have long…
winterborn (in memory of vernell d. williams)
i am a woman born in winter when all goes pale and dormant i come alive with new ideas invigorated i pack for unchartered territories within and at times without map or guide wondering where can i go who can i be and where will i land if i just jump from this place of…
fiscal cliff (i say if they feeling froggy, jump!)
most of america lives on the edge of reason standing in the gaps of chicken nuggets fried dreams and houses we can’t heat congress jives us about deficits like we don’t know what its like to make hard choices and still live right we all got our problems and have long since given up the…
decidedly unresolved
i will still be fat in the morning my house will not be free of dustbunnies and no closer to millionairehood then the night before i decidedly resolve to remain unresolved my heart is complicated and at times my thoughts a bit twisted i don’t always make wise choices my scale & bank account attest the…
santa doesn’t visit here
my son has never taken a picture with santa clause. ever. although stories about the happy go lucky elf who visits children while they’re sleeping to deliver presents has now infiltrated my home. when asked who told him about this mysterious santa, my son goes all james bond with the closed lip, protecting his sources…
fearfree living 