ON FEELING LIGHTER
Instead of "packing it on," we're unpacking. So, of course, we feel lighter, because we are. Lighter in body and lighter in mind. 


Apropos of heavy and light: Long ago, Kim was giving me advice over the phone about a date I was about to go on -- a rarety, I know. "Just be yourself," she said. A beat of silence followed after which she added, "Well, maybe a lighter version."