Paying it Forward
How much of our life is spent planning for our future? When you’re a kid, you think about getting through the school year and making it to summer vacation. You… Read more Paying it Forward →
All I Can Taste is This Moment and Other Lessons From the Goo Goo Dolls
I’m willing to bet most of my readers have never heard of Sharon Monsky. Until a few years ago, neither had I. Yet, it was Sharon Monsky’s legacy that led… Read more All I Can Taste is This Moment and Other Lessons From the Goo Goo Dolls →
Oh Crap! It’s Mid-June and I Haven’t Posted About Scleroderma Awareness Month
Yikes and Jinkies! June is Scleroderma Awareness Month and I have fallen off the blogging wagon! For those of you losing sleep over this, rest assured, I will be getting… Read more Oh Crap! It’s Mid-June and I Haven’t Posted About Scleroderma Awareness Month →
The Good Times Keep Rolling With My Psychotic Break From Reality
Hello loyal readers. My latest piece, I Was Tormented By Hallucinations During a 218-Day Hospital Stay is up on Good Housekeeping. I am not at all trying to make light of… Read more The Good Times Keep Rolling With My Psychotic Break From Reality →
My Life Doesn’t Suck….Seriously!
Yesterday, I had a deeply personal article featured on Good Housekeeping. I almost never generate the titles for my pieces that are published outside of this blog. This was the… Read more My Life Doesn’t Suck….Seriously! →
4 Words That Can Crush Any Woman’s Soul
“Oh. My. God. You are like soooooo totally skinny. Do you like even know how skinny you are? Do you ever eat?” Growing up, that question was hurled at me… Read more 4 Words That Can Crush Any Woman’s Soul →
Kardashians, Jenners, Thigh Brows and ………Me?
A Year in Review When I launched Comfortable in My Thick Skin a year ago, out-ranking Kylie Jenner’s thigh brows was not a goal I set for myself. In my wildest… Read more Kardashians, Jenners, Thigh Brows and ………Me? →
To The Woman Who Told Me I Was “a Self-loathing Freak of Nature Attempting to Make a Buck”
On September 6th, I received a comment from a woman named Dawn via my blog. Dawn’s remarks were in reference to the page that features my memoir; Does This… Read more To The Woman Who Told Me I Was “a Self-loathing Freak of Nature Attempting to Make a Buck” →
Comfortable In My Thick Skin 