Diane,
Thank you for your kind words. I’m not a writer, and I struggle with Meg’s story. I have conflicted feelings about telling such a personal story at all, but as my mother-in-law and others have said, “If it helps one person.”
You made a good point, and it's actually about the point of view I tell the story from. I try to write the story as I felt at the moment. Things were not always terrible. We had fun and tried to give Meg a good life. As a mom I felt "Meg" was always reacting to change, and with our help, she would get through it. But society and peers have as much influence, after a certain age, as parents. And that's hard to fight after young people leave their home. We never thought Meg would die from anorexia.
There’s a lot of procrastination that goes on so any encourage is helpful especially because now I’ve come to the hard part: the anorexia. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
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Diane,
Thank you for your kind words. I’m not a writer, and I struggle with Meg’s story. I have conflicted feelings about telling such a personal story at all, but as my mother-in-law and others have said, “If it helps one person.”
You made a good point, and it's actually about the point of view I tell the story from. I try to write the story as I felt at the moment. Things were not always terrible. We had fun and tried to give Meg a good life. As a mom I felt "Meg" was always reacting to change, and with our help, she would get through it. But society and peers have as much influence, after a certain age, as parents. And that's hard to fight after young people leave their home. We never thought Meg would die from anorexia.
There’s a lot of procrastination that goes on so any encourage is helpful especially because now I’ve come to the hard part: the anorexia. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Mary
April 1, 2009 - 10:28amThis Comment
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