Blooming through experience. Memories through adventure.
I feel out of control of everything in my life. Things are changing so rapidly and I don't know how to cope. I don't know what to do or where to turn to handle everything that's going on. I need something that changes on my terms, something in my life I can manipulate and shape, something I [...]
One of the biggest things I've struggled with in my life is caring what others think. If you know me personally, this might seem a little strange, but I usually do care what people think- in the smallest ways that make huge ripples in my life. I want people to like me. I want people [...]
In 2014, I was so sick mentally that I thought I'd never make it through the year. I didn't want to make it through the year. Physically, I was falling apart and getting worse with each skipped meal, my heart just weeks from failing me. Emotionally, I was already dead. I felt nothing and I [...]
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 [...]
Ever since I was in middle school, I was dead-set on finding "the perfect college for me". One that I could thrive in, get an amazing education, have lots of opportunities, and become a better version of myself. I remember in both 7th and 8th grade, there was a week where our school counselor would [...]
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 [...]
Magically McKenzie 