The Gifts of Fatness

I know how hard it is to walk through the world in a fat body, but you are stronger for it

Photo by Mari Pa on Unsplash

I was 19 years old the first time someone told me I was going to die.

I was at a work event, and I was dishing up catering, welcoming attendees who made their way through the line. An older man, well dressed, smiled as he accepted the plate of food I…