EarthWindFire82 of Memphis

..I had gastric bypass surgery.. Yes, I did. But if you have read any of my blogs, posts, rants and whatnot, you'd know this already.  I never made a secret of it, so you don't have to worry about me being all Star Jones-ed and exposed.  When you make a major life-changing decision such as losing weight, people are going to know.  Therefore, I never hid the fact that I chose this tool. Life, food, sickness and depression did a good ass job of helping me creep up to 411 pounds.  I can't really pinpoint WHEN I noticed that I had veered over from my usual pudgy to painfully overweight.  I've always been a big girl, ALWAYS been Pretty Plus thuggin.  But this here pic shows the way I looked most of my 20's.. Yes, the aforementioned photo is the way I looked for a good while.  In the 300's, but not too terribly huge in my eyes.  Alas, so many things happened..pretty soon, I had crossed over. Decisions, Decisions My official breaking p...

Let me begin by saying that I don't know Kanye.  I've never met Kanye.  I was just feeling bloggy and I decided to share. I know Kanye has a reputation for being a rather eccentric character.  Whenever people discuss him nowadays, there is always some kind of derogatory, highly opinionated adjective.  Maybe it's odd of me, but I think I've learned quite a bit from the man.  I shall share. *You Can't Shut Me Up, Son* There's something mighty admirable about a man who had a whole wreck, get his whole jaw reconstructed, then does an entire song with his damn jaw wired shut!  While I was not physically restricted like he was, life itself smacked me in my face more times than I can count.  As much as I've dealt with, I can see myself being silenced.  Alas, if I didn't say anything, then all of those adversities would have won.  Now, when I speak, I speak "through the wire".  I share my stories, I say what the hell needs to be said, and...