Joni Edelman

So you fed your baby some formula instead of breast milk. His future is not shot. Really. It's not—and The Guilt serves no one.

"Food isn't the enemy –– calling it the enemy is the enemy."

With the help of the midwife—and immense effort on my part—Ella finally slid out into the water. But she was limp, pale. It was scary.

1. All vaginas are good vaginas.

All boobs are good boobs. And all areola too!

I’m lucky to be smart, to have an astonishingly good memory. Or maybe I’m lucky to be bipolar.

I'll let you in on a little secret - being thin didn't make me happy, but being "Fat" does! Be fat and happy. Be unapologetically fat.

...I’m going to help you! By “help” I mean “tell you all the things that didn’t work.”

When I was little, any time I got an insect bite or stubbed my toe, I had to ask my mom, “Am I going to die? If I was going to die from this, I’d already be dead — right?” I also had a 30-minute prayer that I needed to say at each meal or else everyone would be poisoned and die. And corners. I had to check all of them before I went to bed.

You do not have to hate your body — but you don’t have to love it either. While I'm happy with my fat body, I miss being thin.