Award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle was high on life. She lived overseas in beautiful Germany, her career as a children’s book novelist was taking off and, most importantly, her daughters were happy, healthy and teeming with exuberance. But almost without warning, Clare’s life crumpled when not … [Read more...]
Book Review: “Hope and Other Luxuries” By Clare B. Dunkle
My daughter was three years old when her foot was mangled in an escalator. A friend and I had taken our daughters to the movies and we were enjoying listening to them talk excitedly about the characters while we walked out of the theatre. They were still young enough to believe wholeheartedly in the … [Read more...]
the meat of it
This photo spread says it all. Who looks healthy? The size 14 or the typical runway model whose body mass indicates anorexia? … [Read more...]
starving for affection
I see you every day at the gym You are there when I get there and still there when I leave I look at your body and see your dedication and painstakingly hard work I study you. Skin stretching over bone with such precision it is like an anatomy class. Our eyes always meet I don't know how to … [Read more...]