Hello Arielle, I was meant to read this for two reasons. The first is that I was trying to write a post post on body image, and because I was struggling a little I flipped back to published posts, and there you were!

If I could give a million claps I would, so you will have to be happy with 50.

These women you have written about are truly remarkable. I've been thinking about volunteering in my area, and now I will be pursuing this, if it's available of course.

Isn't interesting. We worry about being too fat, too short, too this, too that. If only we could stop and give ourselves a shake instead.

I have no excuse, to be honest. My own mother was a polio victim (she HATED that word!), but she was absolutely amazing. I never saw her as different in my childhood.

I'm just wondering...there's something coming up in one of the pubs here. You could contribute to it. Would you be interested?