Unfortunately, there may be times that smiling can be difficult - when it might not be easy and might feel virtually impossible. Sometimes we get so caught up in the bad things that we forget that smiling is actuallly an option. Maybe your boss inappropriately yelled at you...maybe... Read More »
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As we count down to the Summer Games, there's a swimmer to keep your eye on. No, it's not Michael Phelps, but Dara Torres, a veritable pool powerhouse who is gearing up for her fifth Olympics. The 41-year-old mother wowed the nation in July when she took first place in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, outpacing Natalie Coughlin, 16 years her junior, by .05 seconds. Read More »
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I haven't thought very much about aging, and
that is because the whole idea scares the ----- out of me; I haven't
yet, at the ripe old age of thirty-mumble, come to terms with my body
and my relationship to it, how to
keep it healthy and happy and give it
what it needs, how to truly and completely accept this carcass of mine,
how to truly and completely accept that the person who loves me and
sees me naked every day thinks
my body is beautiful. And now you want
me to think about what I'm supposed to do after the ravages of gravity
and the great heft and enormity of all those accumulated years settles
upon
my boobs and my butt and my thighs and my neck, even? I don't
think I can do that.
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