BODY IMAGE JOURNEY

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:5

Aug 15, 2021

Bones + Passions

The following poems are explicit and potentially triggering. I don't take lightly that these are now available for you to read. I pray...

Jan 28, 2021

Chapter Five: All the Gains

A couple of Sundays ago, I said yes. Parmesan Cheese Our waitress had just arrived with the tray of food. After placing it on its stand,...

Jul 20, 2020

Chapter Four: Still Vegan?

I began writing out my eating disorder journey like a book, titling each of my posts as "chapters." I didn't think much of it. In fact, I...

Apr 16, 2020

Chapter Three: The Unlearning Process

“Are you free?” The evening before my family’s Easter gathering my dad asked me that simple, powerful question. It was the question that...

Dec 2, 2019

Chapter Two: I Can Fight

I think at some point what was going on inside of me started to show. I was losing weight. A lot of weight. And my restriction was...

Oct 28, 2019

Chapter One: Chained Up

I stood in the shower, water beating against my back. Hunched over, I started to breathe rather quickly. The pace freaked me out. Had I...

Oct 9, 2019

The Introduction: Body Image

Workout more. Eat less. Repeat. Day in. Day out. I’ve been running on this treadmill mindset and I’m getting extremely fatigued....