Hi! I’m starting a blog! I have no idea what I am doing here, so please bear with me as I try to get started. My name is Janet I have 3 daughters, they are 20, 18, and 14. As you can imagine, we have a lot of drama in my house! I am married to a wonderful man, who is clearly odd guy out! He doesn’t even have a male dog! Needless to say he is well adjusted and a wonderful husband. We are all lucky! I have spent a lot of my years being a stay at home mom, but since the youngest turned two I have had several part time jobs. Pre-school teacher, Educational Assistant, and part time realtor. Just this summer I quit my school job and have started real estate full time. So, that is just a little bit of information about me. However, this blog isn’t really about any of that. My oldest daughter has an eating disorder. She has anorexia. Our struggle has been difficult, but it has opened my eyes to so many things, and I just feel the need to share my experience. I am currently working on several posts that tell our story. After I post them, I want to talk about more than just our story but the story of so many people who struggle in this life with eating disorders. So that is all for now, I just wanted to introduce myself and soon I will post more as I figure out this blogging life! I hope to be helpful in sharing my story with people who need to know they are not alone.
On a quick side note, I just googled images with the word pretty, every picture that came up was of a perfect looking girl. All thin, all dressed lovely, hair perfect, makeup perfect, everything perfect. Ugh! This is all we can do with pretty? Not one sunset? Beautiful flowers? A boy! Maybe even a chubby girl? This urkes me! Every picture the same? And we wonder why our children struggle, how can that be realistic? There is a lot more to pretty than a face, or a body. I think a laugh can make you pretty, a brain, a strong spirit, creativity, ideas, self worth, respect, commitment. I find that pretty!
Supermom? 