Mom was fat
The powerful lesson she taught me
2 min readDec 24, 2021
When I was growing up, my Mom was fat.
She hadn’t always been a large person. In her youth, she’d won trophies in the discus throw, long jump, badminton, and table tennis. In black and white photos I saw her slim and smiling, with shining dark braids, dressed in beautiful salwar kameez. Mom loves pretty clothes.
