I was an overweight kid until tenth grade. I wish I could say I shrank in size then, but I didn't. That was the year Ms. Gandy - my Lit teacher- made each of her students read three works by fifteen authors of our choosing. Aldous Huxley was one of the writers I picked and, although I can't recall the name of the story, it changed the way I viewed my size. It was a tale of … [Read more...] about Brand new day