by Emily Wierenga | Oct 9, 2013 | #imperfectprose, anorexia, appetite, children, daughters, eating, feeding, food, guide, how-to, obesity, skinny, sons, spiritual, spirituality
I am at the splash park with my boys, and there is a little girl, unable to move because she’s so obese.She waddles across the sand in her two-piece and then flops down on the ground and wails until her father picks her up and places her on the picnic table and... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 26, 2012 | birth, body image, children, christmas, diet, eating, eating disorders, food, happiness, mothers, pregnancy, skinny, weight
i was eating key-lime pie and commenting on how good she looked, on her new shade of hair, and i mentioned that she’d lost weight, that she looked slimmer, and she glowed. the way mothers do when they’re told they’re beautiful, even as her teenage daughter walked by,... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 24, 2012 | autumn, boys, children, eating, eating disorders, fire, food, girls, health, identity, love, meal, perfect, stereotypes
we are sitting around the fire, pronging hot-dogs and smokies and children licking mustard from fingers and the smoke curling like an exotic dancer. we hear the coyotes strike up a chorus across the road in a forest blazing with autumn color and we all pause a moment... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 14, 2012 | carbohydrates, eating, eating disorder, fear, food, health, korea, omega 3, organic, teenager
She had brought a cake. A thick, sweet cake to commemorate our final meeting. Her black eyes smiled and we rotated our chairs, ready to partake. I flushed, embarrassed to have forgotten the plates and silverware. As the teacher, this was my job. I excused myself, ran... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 10, 2012 | advice, cooking, disorder, eating, food, gardening, health, how-to, intuitive eating, nutrition, tips
i know what you’re thinking… who feeds their kid cheesies? on the bed? on white sheets? and cupcakes? at bedtime, really? i do. i allow my kids to eat “junk” food sometimes, because i never want food to rule my life like it once did. i never...