too long being beautiful to now notice what exactly the extra fifty pounds on her bones created of her body, or to think that they should make her feel, somehow, tamed. Unlike her mother who gained the weight before her and exhausted herself in attempts to lose it; who hid them under XXL shirts and shapeless dresses; who pointed them out while hiding them away by discussing her latest diets; who promoted the myth that she was now less of a catch than she was forty pounds and twenty years ago. Unlike her mother, she holds her weight like a prize-fighter, believing they were pounds well-earned in a life of satisfaction and fulfillment.
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