Blooming through experience. Memories through adventure.
After almost three years in recovery from my eating disorder, I have learned a lot about myself and my illness. I know what tends to trigger relapses, how to keep myself from falling into one, what feelings push me too far and what comments make me overthink. After three years, I’ve relapsed more times than [...]
I'm now a month into my Disney College Program in Orlando, and things could not be more magical. I get to work right behind Cinderella Castle and go to the parks whenever I want. Both on and off the clock I experience magical moments, for other guests and myself as well. Every time I go [...]
There are no words I could use or descriptions I could think of that could ever accurately explain what it's like to have an eating disorder, or more specifically, anorexia. No one could ever completely understand the pain, loss of control, and lack of emotion that are like extra bullets during the hardest parts of my [...]
Flippin' your fins you don't get too far, legs are required for jumping, dancing... Everyone currently has or has had something that holds them back, and keeps them from the being the best they can be. It could be a bad habit, a grudge against someone, an addiction, or something they just need to let [...]
Two years ago today was both the worst and the best day of my life. On October 20, 2014, I made the hardest decision I've ever had to make. I didn't think I'd make it through the week, but here I am, two years later, still thriving and still recovering. I wanted to write out [...]
I used to be scared of cupcakes. The cute little desserts with adorable swirled frosting and rainbow sprinkles- they used to terrify me. I remember one day after my lunch period, I was rounding the corner in the hallway when I saw a girl in my algebra class carrying a box of store-bought cupcakes. They were [...]
Depression is one of those things that people don't completely understand unless they have had an experience with it- either going through it themselves or being close to someone who has. I could rant about it for hours, mainly because I feel like "depressed" and "depressing" are some of those words that get thrown around in [...]
On October 20, 2014 I finally made the very difficult decision to recover from my eating disorder. I had no idea what I was doing, only that it was something I needed to do. I had seen posts about recovery on Tumblr, so I knew it was going to be hard; however, I had no [...]
