by Emily Wierenga | Aug 1, 2012 | birthday, dessert, eating disorder, fear, flower, food, garden, hope, love, mum, she loves magazine, woman
She always made me carrot cake, from scratch, on my birthday. It was the one dessert I’d let myself eat because it tasted like love.Mum would stand in the kitchen, August wind blowing through gingham curtains, her apron on, mixing, and she always looked a little sad,... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 31, 2012 | eating disorder, God, hungry, prodigal magazine, starving
Funny how being thin is so important until you realize it accomplishes nothing but hunger. I wish I’d known this before I tried to starve myself to death.I wish I could have known how good and beautiful I was in spite of my mushroom-cut and big-rimmed plastic glasses.... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 15, 2012 | chasing silhouettes, daughter, eating disorder, ernest dow, family, father's day, parenting
Neil C. Strait said, “The best gift a father can give to his son is the gift of himself – his time. For material things mean little, if there is not someone to share them with.”In my own life, I learned this too late. This fall our eldest daughter, Emily Wierenga, is...