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Mother-Artist-Writer & Eating Disorder Advocate

visit my blog profile on "frozenoranges.com" to read all about me!

After nearly a decade of anorexia, I'm learning how to love, laugh, and live again. And in no particular order, I'm also mom to a wonderful rescue cat, a science/medical writer, a jewelry designer, a pretty decent cook, a lover of coffee and hater of mornings, and a geek extraordinaire.

I consider myself a former purging-type anoretic but don't see myself as recovered. Recovering? Yeah, probably, but sometimes I wonder. It's a tough road. It's even tougher knowing where you stand. I came up with the idea for Disordered Times by looking at other blogs out there and realizing that they (roughly) fit into two categories: written by people in recovery or written by the pro-ana ...

I just turned 35 years old. I have had an eating disorder for as long as I can remember. I have been inpatient a few times. The first time I was 19 and living in Oklahoma, then when I was 28 in Mississippi, then on my 29th birthday went into a place in New Orleans. I am currently engaged for the first time ever. I want to look good on my wedding day.