FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

Image provided by http://makeameme.org/meme/when-someone-tries-tthwto First post of 2016! Happy New Year y'all! I am back and oh so happy, ever so happy to be writing again! I have missed my little corner of joy and release! I am excited, so excited! I have been reading Jess Baker's "Things no will tell fat girls" and it has been my main motivation to continue writing. It's also helping bring new life to my blog. It's the best-random, "just because" gift from my husband ever! I am no longer just a #JournalBlogger - I am a  #JournalFatshionBlogger Reviewing my 2014 and 2015 posts, some of my most popular posts were my Fatshion 101 posts, thus this year, I look to be more intentional about being body positive through my Fatshion 101 posts! So be on alert for my Valentine's Day Fatshion 101 post! Now to present matters at hand... My last post was over a month ago and it was inspired by my tiredness of people's ignorance. And today...

So far I've been 29 years old ly a week and thus far, not so bueno!My daddy was in a scary car accident (he's doing well, mainly super shaken up - he drives rigs for a living), then a trip to DL was followed by a REALLY BAD allergic reaction to something, I'll never know... And then missing a day of work (which to most is like yay but when you're recovering and missing a shit load at work--- it never feels like yay) It's only Tuesday but I feel like I've lived a whole month already...  Though we can't choose what chaos life will throw at us and what challenges we'll face... What we do have control over is how we react...  And last night after some self-healing my unhealthy way... I woke up this morning relieved... Because I woke up with an answer, rather than get angry, melancholy, anxious, crazy, bitter, psychotic,depressed (feelings that I am all to familiar with) - This morning, I chose kindness instead. It set me back a couple bucks for the...