Today is the day I realized what exactly a certain man has been doing to me for the past year and a half. Mind games. Keeping me where he wants me. Pretending. Saying all the right things. Realizing it is the middle of half the battle.  I've undergone the pain of a broken heart... many times.  The next part is getting over him,   and re-building myself. 

Pennsylvania's Lincoln University has instituted a requirement that first-year students who arrive on campus with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher must either lower their BMI below 30 or take a one-unit course called "Fitness for Life" in order to graduate.The Chronicle of Higher Education provides some details on the university's reasoning:

Have you ever felt like you are living in a black and white world?  You wake up, look around your house and feel like everything is staring back with a blank expression?No one sould have to live in such a world!Creating spaces and making houses or apartments or shacks for that matter, into homes, might be one of our most valuable skills as women. 

It was hard to write this post without singing The Twelve Days of Christmas (Five Golden Rings!) but I did have a good time putting it together. Herewith, my Twelve Days Of Giving which can certainly be edited down to eight or two or even five, depending on what holidays you celebrate.First: