For the past six weeks or so, I’ve had the most annoying cough. I think I got it from my co-worker (at least he’s a convenient scapegoat, although it’s probably true). It started out as a relentless cough that wouldn’t allow me to get any rest, since it kept me awake at night with fits [...]
For the first time in about eight years, I feel like I’ve turned a corner in a good way. I’m performing well in a job situated in a relatively good market niche (no talk of layoffs or market loss at our company so far). My job pays a reasonable wage, gives regular raises and has [...]
One of the biggest issues in my life these days (aside from being overweight) is my restricted mobility due to bad feet and ankles, and an aching back. Those structural impairments have caused a definite restriction on the activities I can pursue, and at 54 I don’t like being limited by what (in my mind) [...]
Like thousands (if not millions) of other Americans, I struggle to make ends meet. I have a job that I enjoy and that pays me a decent salary and I’m able to pay my bills on time each month, but that status will only continue if nothing happens that requires a large outlay of cash [...]
Most of the time, I feel very small and insignificant – a feeling left over from when I was a small child and so shy that I would tiptoe across the linoleum floor in kindergarten, so my Mary Janes wouldn’t make any noise as I walked. I wanted to be invisible, even back then.
When I [...]
I’ve always had issues with my weight, even when in hindsight I wasn’t too terribly heavy. Looking at my childhood school photos, I appeared to be normal weight until about fifth grade, when the chubbiness started to set in for awhile. Even in junior high, I didn’t look bad – nothing we’d look twice at [...]
