I looked it the mirror as I spun around in a dress I hadn’t worn in a while. Immediately, I began to panic about my reflection. Why doesn’t this dress look the same as it did before? I thought, staring at the mirror. Disgusted, I threw the dress onto my bed as I began to cry. […]
Have you ever asked the question, “What’s life all about?” I know I have. In fact when I was seventeen, I not only was asking this question, I was really struggling with it. Up until this point in my life, I had spent my time doing school, working some summer jobs, going to […]
The midday sun streamed through the windows of my best friend’s living room. The gentle hum of laughing and talking was interrupted by my friend’s older sister: she was a college sophomore home for Christmas break and was looking at a photo book of her senior pictures. “Girls, I need to say something, so listen […]
The waves of accusations crashing against my mind began something like this: No one loves you. You don’t have even one true friend who cares about you. You are unwanted; you always have been, and you always will be. The world would be better off if you were dead. The waves of this particular mental assault began about […]
I abruptly opened my eyes to the blaring sound of my alarm. As the blurriness began to subside, I slowly sat up and peered toward the window directly in front of me. It was a grey and overcast day in Chicago, but it was an exciting day nonetheless. My mom was asked to be a […]
I’m guilty. I have totally done it. After a long hard workout, I remember snapping a “sexy” picture of myself in front of my bedroom mirror. You know. The kind where you angle your body just right to make your fat disappear and your muscles look huge. Yep. That was me. I wanted to see […]
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