A Mother's Story: Learning that my Daughter has an Eating Disorder
I learned the true meaning of unconditional love when Lori told me that she had bulimia and needed my help. All the skills I learned in my 30+ years of being an elementary school teacher did not prepare me for the emotional journey ahead of me. Instead, I fell back on my “mother’s instincts” to protect my child.
Eating Disorder Poetry: She
As day conspires into night
and the household retires to sleep,
she is left in complete and utter silence.
The journey within reveals
her tortured soul as it awaits its nourishment,
hungrily anxious to devour
the constraint it exercised throughout the day.
The Dangers of Clean Eating
Diet culture has become the norm. It’s infused in the way we speak (“I’ve earned this piece of cake,” “You’re so self-disciplined!”) and in the way we behave (restricting or fasting after eating a large meal, trying to lose weight to attain a “beach body”).