What do you love most about yourself?
Who is your greatest inspiration? Tough question!
I love that I can say I’m a dancer! And a go-go dancer too! At one of the top-ten night clubs in Los Angeles might I brag! (http://bootiemashup.com/la/) I have been dancing for about four years now. I belong to & perform regularly with two dance troupes in Los Angeles: R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) & IDC (Improv Dance Co.) I was always discouraged and told I was too fat to be a dancer as a little girl. Then in my late thirties my path in life took a terrific twist! Pun intended!
I admire so many people for so many different reasons. But someone who pops into my mind right now is the singer Candye Kane. When I first heard her songs about size acceptance it was like a whole world opened up for me. It was the first time I allowed myself to think I could be beautiful & sexy as a larger woman. This was a revelation to me! Years later I met her and we remain friends to this day and I can tell you she is a force of nature. She really is (like the title of one of her songs) “The Toughest Girl Alive” and a true inspiration on many levels: artistic, spiritual, big-hearted and a survivor in every sense of the word.