Inspirational quotes posted to Facebook…greeting cards with fluffy words of encouragement…advice from other people…you hear it all the time: “Just try to be the best version of yourself!” Blah, blah, blah. It sounds nice and all, but what does that actually mean? Over the years, I’ve presented various versions of myself – many of them “pretty good” but a lot of […]
The Girl She Was by Kim Valzania
She cried rivers and almost drowned the whole world that girl the ache, her ache, swallowed everything around her including her children her poor little children. This is the story of a girl consumed by her own appearance, and what she appeared to be a girl who could not walk past a mirror, with any resistance […]
Hello! I’m Injured! by Kim Valzania
Knock On Wood A short while ago I published an article about running, (you can read it here: About a Runner), and while it was well received, one of my friends mentioned the fact that I did not include the subject of injury. I casually and rather smugly replied that I had never been injured, […]