(FYI: This is somewhat of a continuation of my last post…)
As I began to get heavier and heavier as a child (mid-to-late elementary school and early junior high), a remarkable thing happened–fewer and fewer pictures of me were taken by family members.  In fact, when I say that I was bigger than the average kid, many people don’t believe me… and I have trouble proving it.
Isn’t it telling that I have virtually no photos of me when I was at my largest?  It’s as if I had been erased by people around me who were embarrassed of my size…  That past, …read more