How Can a Fat Mom Raise a Healthy Kid?

I may be at war with my own body, but I’m raising my daughter to love hers

Author's daughter, at the local library

“I want to be just like Mommy.”

The first time my daughter said that, it melted my heart and punched me in the gut. I am not the kind of mom who has all of her shit together. To be honest, I’m a single mama fighting back a mix of mental illness and…