Catherine Gigante-Brown

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

Even when I explained to my son that he came from a long line of short people, it didn’t help. David still felt bad about being small. How could a five-year-old possibly get this type of size-shaming message? From other people, mostly insensitive adults. They gave him the idea that bigger was somehow better.

At first, I felt like an abandoned ten-year-old, dropped off at a remote summer camp—with the extra added attraction of no cell phone reception or Wi-Fi. I thought the hardest part of the weekend was going to be picking out a robe. Boy, was I wrong!

I’m sure you’ll find it a delicious and well-stocked place. There are just a few rules

Mindel and Maria were young teenagers when the horrors occurred—but they remembered the tiniest details with crystal-clear intensity.

Makeup and I have always had a love/hate relationship: I love it; it hates me.

Content Notice: Death

It sounded too good to be true: comfortable, attractive bra inserts for breast cancer survivors like me. I got on the computer, checked out their website, and immediately put in for one.

You learn a lot about people when you live in their home. The Taylors seemed to lead a joyless, Spartan existence.