MelissaFromTwist

Yep. I hate clothes shopping, and have on more than one occasion cried from the experience. Why? A department store dressing room is the one place that can make every woman feel far less attractive than she had originally seen herself in her mind. Dressing room mirrors are the event horizon of a black hole of ego, where even the most seemingly confident woman can go in and come out a shell of herself. I am not one you would consider to be overweight, even though I could stand to jump on the... (continue reading)

I was sitting with my mother - Millie Pete - recently, and as two women can do for hours, we talked about random things. The conversation lead to something special my father did for her just before his death. It made me realize that despite all those concerns couples have about how to impress each other, and the world, what it really comes down to are small things. My parents were married for 50 years before he died of cancer in 2001. And I'm sure they had plenty of ups and downs, my even... (continue reading)

First, I know many Bert Show listeners were following my progress when it came to my Track & Field training for the 2008 Transplant Games. One of the reasons I make the pilgrimage to the Transplant Games every two years is to remind me of how far I've come since my kidney transplant in 2002.

But it's about more than my physical transformation from that hospital bed at Piedmont Hospital here in Atlanta to the track at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. It's the... (continue reading)