In This Body, I Will Live

I was eight years old. I remember the sensation exactly—delighting in my body. Being completely happy in my physical self.  I was horse-obsessed for years—my sister and I used to gallop everywhere. We would neigh, loudly. We set up jumps in the back yard and cantered our invisible horses over them, with reckless abandon. With joie de vivre. Continue reading “In This Body, I Will Live”