Lanzy Michelle

Life was easy for this first-born, independent and bright kid who conquered 25 years of an Arkansas-minded ideally sequenced walk through life—skipped the 4th grade to streamline the valedictorian-stamped high school graduation that earned me a free-ride to two degrees and an immediately successful profession.

Imagine my surprise when a massively successful mid-20s weight loss awakened all the years of stuff that miss little perfect was able to stuff just enough to fuel the trauma-packed explosion beyond my wildest dreams.