You may remember a little something I posted back in 2008. The written version is here. Welcome to the video version! Make this week a good one, everyone.
Here I seek to turn tears to words in an effort to heal, share, and help in the simplest of ways. There is life beyond an Eating Disorder; I have found it. But I still know and feel the pain and suffering eating disorders carry with them. I can't forget, but I can write. Every day It is there--that terrifying It that tries to get a hold of so many others. Sometimes It succeeds, sometimes It does not. But words are tools. Turning tears to words is where it starts.
I am a woman with a story, a voice, and a commitment. I married the love of my life in April 2008 and am very happy. I am dedicated to helping others in the best way I know how: my writing. Writing helped me on my way to recovery and I have a sincere passion to be, at the very least, an understanding voice amid the pain of eating disorders and all that they bring. I've never been happier, so I know that health--mental, physical, and emotional--is possible. I'm an ANAD Eating Disorder Support Group Leader in the Lehigh Valley area. I have a goal, and that goal is to share, care, and write the words that make sense. I hope that you will share, care, and write along with me.
Arielle's an ANAD Eating Disorder Support Group Leader
Meetings Held in Lehigh Valley, PA Where:Northampton Area Public Library When:the FIRST and THIRD Monday of every month at 6:00 PM Contact:Arielle (arielle.becker@gmail.com) with questions, for directions, etc. I'd love to meet you!
SHARING
I'm an open book here. I'm sharing what I've written and thought with the hope that it will make a difference to someone or many someones...with the hope that it will make them feel better, encourage them, or just let them know I understand. If this makes me vulnerable, so be it. Perhaps as such, it will make someone else strong.
"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" - Dr. Seuss
"To face despair and not give in to it, that's courage." - Ted Koppel
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. " - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Little by little does the trick." - Aesop
"Everything is okay in the end, so if it's not okay, then it's not the end yet."
1 comments:
I love this poem!
I'm thinking about putting it up on my wall of positivity. So I can reread it when I'm feeling discouraged.
Thank you so much for sharing.
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