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It was advertised as a once-in-a-lifetime experience, a thrilling kind of opportunity, a close-up encounter, a trip we would remember for the rest of our lives. It’s true that I will never forget the opportunity of swimming with dolphins, but I wish I could. A few years ago my husband Daniel and I […]
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This poem to my eating disordered self was written by us during our residential treatment for our eating disorder. While the words of reconciliation and love do not always ring true, we hold them in our heart for those times we can take them out again and practice loving our body and self the way […]
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We have a choice to make. You have a choice. I have a choice. Everybody has a choice to make: Do we want to be happy, and what choices are we willing to make to achieve it? In front of us, we have two doors that represent two choices. Choosing the right door can be […]
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I have an admission to make, a secret to tell. Most of the time someone like me hopes never to have to say these words … again. However, to give voice to the words cripples its power over me and weakens the admission to nothing more than a slight sting. The Admission I’ve relapsed into my […]
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Welcome to Throwback Thursday where I find a blog post that is at least five years old and compare how I was doing back then to how I am doing now. The following piece entitled “Metaphor” is a poem I wrote on December 26, 2012, comparing myself to the act of writing and story-telling. I […]
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