My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.

Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?

You would be surprised what two hours of daily exercise and five hundred stomach crunches can do for you.

Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring.

There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After...I knew there would be no turning back if I designated this moment as my own Prime Meridian from which everything else would be measured.

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect?

That's when it struck me: how gorgeous we all were, even with cellulite (saw a lot of that) and stretch marks, scars and tattoos. Let me just say this, not single body was perfect, not even the fittest of women there.