Stories, reflections, and essays on body acceptance, naturism, identity, and the messy human stuff in between.
Naked at 50: What I Wish I Knew at 20
At 20, I thought my body was the problem. At 50, I know the real problem was all the years I spent fighting it. This essay is about aging, body shame, naturism, grief, freedom, and learning to live in the body you have before more time disappears.
The Body That Changed: Grief, Loss, and Learning to Accept
I used to know this body. Then life changed it. Time changed it. Illness, surgery, weight, hormones, grief, aging, scars, and survival changed it. This essay is about grieving the body you used to have without punishing the body you have now.