Hello and Welcome

Welcome to my brand new recovery blog. I wanted to use this first post to explain a little why I started this blog and a little about the blog itself. I started this blog because I wanted to give something back. Throughout my recovery journey-from the very beginning to present day- I was always blessed with so many people, most of them strangers, who supported me and helped me get to where I am today. I wanted to be able to do the same for others. So I figured starting this blog would be a great way to do just that. You may notice that my "story" is not anywhere on the blog. That is on purpose. Everyone has a story. Whether you've struggled with an eating disorder or not, everyone has a life story with ups and downs. Many of us have enough struggles to write a novel or two. But I didn't want this blog to be about the past. I wanted it to be about the present and the future. I have come to realize that while I will tell my past story if I am asked or feel called to, the story I like to tell more is the one right now. The story about my everyday life in the present. Because life in recovery is about so much more than what I've been through. For me, life in recovery is about living life for everything its worth. Squeezing every laugh and smile out of it until you mouth hurts. Its about jumping on the couch with my daughter even though its not good for the couch cause we have so much fun doing it. Living. That's what I want this blog to be about. And the lessons that I come across while doing just that. So I hope you come back and read more later on. And I hope I can give you something to at least think about in the future. Cause there is a whole world out there just waiting to be lived. So why not for today, start by jumping on your bed- just because you can! And I bet you can't help but smile.