Too Busy to Get to The Gym

Daily Workout

Go to work.

Bring work home.
Run the house.
Raise the kids.

Cook and clean.

Shop and entertain.
Organize and supervise.

I am large and in charge!

from More to Love, © Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved

• The school year is coming up soon,
so I’ve been getting ready for my new classes.
• My garden is overflowing, so

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Body Image Revolution

revolution: a dramatic and wide reaching change in the way something works or is organized, or in people’s ideas about it.

There is a groundswell of women worldwide who are fed up with the marketing that trains us, from little girls onward, to hate our bodies.
We are tired of feeling like

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The Queen Size Queen

Queen Size

The skinny size may be idealized.
However,
Queen size rules!

from More to Love, ©elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

I just love the term “queen size”.
It has so many more possible meanings than “plus size”, or “women’s department” or “xxl” or any of the other names for large clothing sizes.

But most of us

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All the Pretty Ladies

I believe that no matter what size, shape, color or age we are,
each of us has an inherent beauty that is so much more than any physical trait. Redhead, middle-aged, black, white, skinny, fat, none of these words can capture who we truly are, even if they describe one aspect

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Hilda: Plus-Size Pin-Up

I know that “body image”, “size acceptance” and “self-esteem for women” are not generally fun topics!
So one of the things I try to do with both my art & writing is to take a light-hearted look at things that can often be emotional and serious for many, many women. My

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International No Diet Day!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

International No Diet Day (INDD) is an annual celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity. This day is also dedicated to raise awareness of the dangers in diets. This day is observed on May 6, and its symbol is a blue ribbon, similar to

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* blush*

Three people gave me the “Beautiful Blogger” award this week!

Many thanks to Julie Parker at Beautiful You
and Andrea Owen at Live Your Ideal Life
and Revolution of Real Women
I am so honored!

The rules of this award are to list 15 blogs that I also consider beautiful.
Any and all of the

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More to Love Valentine

More to Love

More of Heart.

More of Soul.

More of Mind.

More of Me.

More to Love.

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

Heart, Soul, Mind, Me!
There is so very much more to love
about who you are.

Wishing you a life filled with love!
(and chocolate & flowers too, of course!)

A Valentine from Elizabeth

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Get a Gift and Give a Donation!

I always donate 10% of sales to food banks
in gratitude for the food I received for my family during the time in my life when I was a single mom and had very little income.

During the month of December,
I will donate 100% of all sales from More to Love to

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Win an Autographed Copy of More to Love

To celebrate my birthday this year,
I’m giving away an autographed copy of “More to Love”
every day during the month of November.
I want to show my appreciation to all of the friends, fans and followers I’ve made this year.
I hope that my art and words have made

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