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Why I Thank God for My Eating Disorder

The buttered bagel sat on my car’s console. I stared at it with tears streaming down my face. The tears had nothing to do…

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When the Dress Doesn’t Fit

The bad florescent lights flickered in the grey colored dressing room. The Dillard’s dressing room resembled my mental state: depressed, anxious and grey. I…

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Carolina: Forever & Always In My Mind

December 2010 “McCall, breathe with me. Breathe in 2…3…4…out…2…3…4” I could hear the words being spoken to me, but couldn’t catch my breath. I sobbed…

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For the Love of Hollis

I sit at my desk this morning unable to work. My mind is cluttered with the C-word once again. c a n c e…

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Detoxing from a Weekend Binge

Here is what my former eating disordered life looked like: Monday-Thursday: restrict, calorie rules, weighing in 20-40 times per day, diet pills, low fat,…

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The Phone Call

Today, I experienced one of those full circle moments in life that takes your breath away. For the past two days, I attended an…

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Celebrating Our Best-Worst Day

Today, Jordan and I celebrate nine incredible years of marriage. Nine years ago, if you would have told me that our marriage was going…

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Embracing Post Scan Sadness

Today, as I waited on pins and needles for our oncology doctor to call with results, one memory kept playing over and over in my…

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Supermom Kryptonite

When Manning was 20-months old, I sent him to school dressed in a smocked turkey longall for what I thought were fall pictures. They were…

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Cancer Prayers & Mental Illness Murmurs

No matter how many activities I packed into today, time seemed to stand still. My heart raced and my mind was dizzy. I have…

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