Why My Gams are Candied...or, My Friends Love Me, They Really Love Me!

...thank you Sally Field, I know I didn't quote you exactly, but I know you'd get the idea, and I suspect it'd be ok with you...

So. Coming up with a name for this blog was a struggle for me. I didn't want an over-emotional, angst-ridden, touchy-feely name. I'm an Earthy being. I needed something just right to reflect me, my emergence into well being and sexiness and positiveness. Something that showed that yes, I do NOT Wear Fear anymore, thank you very much! I want people to know that yes, inDEED, I am HERE! 

Well, I wound up asking friends, posting on Facebook and what not, gathering ideas, you know, that sort of thing. Nothing was hitting me until - UNTIL! The wonderful and amazing and talented writer, Jasie, of the blog,  Jasie Plays at Adulthood, came up with the name - Candied Gams. See, she and I love our legs :) And we should - they get us places, they work, and as an extra benefit - they are also hot and sexy, our gams. I had began taking pictures of my gams at the place where our friendship began - Life is Good, an amazing conference for Unschoolers and those that want to learn about it and it's awesome coolness. I began doing so because for the first time in YEARS and YEARS, as in over a decade, I felt GREAT about putting on red tights, with fishnets over and my short little cut offs. I'm glad I came prepared!

I went, at first hesitantly, out of my hotel room and into the main conference center. My friends were there...those I have learned to Trust (yes, a capital T!) and Love, and they thought I looked wonderful. I began to FEEL wonderful! That got me to feel so comfortable that I went to the bar and got a champagne cocktail...ok, I would have done that anyway, but my point is, is that they helped me take risks and dress as *I* wanted to and fucking OWN it. Ha! Yes! Sure, I was already set to go to the gallery and model, but there was a lot of work left for me on the inside still - of course. This turned out to be a very significant part of it.

I'm babbling and digressing - I do both so well, though!

So the Lovely Jasie suggested Candied Gams, as we had been playing with the word for a bit - Gam Central, Gamitude, Gamalicious - but I thought, "What does "Candied Gams" have to do with me reclaiming my body, my very life?!" (Daht, daht, DANT...!) She said,  close to at least, "Of course it does! Besides, your thighs are SWEET!" Well! Well, then! YES! OK! Got it!

It was a done deal.

And that is the story of Candied Gams.

Love,
~ Raisin Girl