Janae Says...

Dear Mom Who Talks About Her Body, I am guessing that you probably grew up hearing your mom talk about her body. If she’s like most women, she probably talked a lot about her weight—being unhappy with her weight, needing to lose weight, or any other topic variant about her weight. Maybe she made comments about other women’s bodies, about what they were wearing, what they “shouldn’t be wearing,” or some other disparaging remark. Perhaps your mom had her own idea of clothes she “couldn’t” wear. It’s possible she reminisced about how thin or fit she used to be or how great she used to look. The comments about her loose skin, cellulite, stretch marks, or other normal human body characteristics were abundant. You watched her go on diets. You watched her shake up liquid meals. You watched her exercise, but not for fun or health or stress relief—just for weight loss. Did she avoid having her picture taken? Or did she balk at a photo of herself? Did you stand next to her in the k...

Honestly, these posts are tedious. But I think I'll appreciate them someday. I hope?  March 1 I went on a walk, and the sky had these purple, pink, and blue layers in the west. It was awesome. I had a chiropractor appointment, my first one to start addressing my issue of having a straight neck--which causes me lots of pain. I also picked us up some cookies from Crave in Midvale. Biscoff explosion, coconut cream pie, and Nutter Butter.  March 2, the sky did the same thing! Matthew and I used my birthday freebie at The Habit. Then we went to Trader Joe's to get me some coffee boba coconut ice cream. I liked it, but I think since it was non-dairy the flavor wasn't as strong. Lots of boba though, which I love! We also got to try a Danish Kringle from Trader Joe's! March 3, another lovely sunrise. Check out the photos just 5 minutes apart! And we made salad with chicken for dinner.  March 4, Matthew and I got to have lunch together, which we never do. He was near my work to ...