Years After Crippling Eating Disorders: A Look Inside (and Outside) The Beautiful Person She Has Become

I, Hazy Moon

My body is meant
to be soft and rounded
like a hazy moon
no matter what
ugly lies
my mind likes
to tell us.

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My canvas for this week's episode of Skin on Sundays is my cousin Sarah, a Boston transplant following her heart as if it were the only map that ever mattered. By that I don’t mean that she is following love, or at least not the kind that involves other people. After having spent years agonizing over her weight, dealing with a long era of eating disorders and social isolation, in which time she became obsessed with the style of 1950’s America, I am so proud of her and so happy that she has now found a path that looks internally for peace of mind and fulfillment rather than externally. She is the kind of giving person that had a tendency to give far too much, leading to her own unhappiness, and she is putting effort into not doing that anymore, seeing the world with equal parts reality and hope.

Sarah and I, in the last few years, have regained the closeness we had as children; now she is one of my best friends, someone I can always confide in and someone I feel eternally comfortable around, which are gifts she (perhaps unknowingly) gives to me regularly.

Btw, Sarah’s dress, hair, make-up, and interior design were all impressively done herself. She remains a huge fan of 1950’s style, and it suits her well.

Thanks for such an amazing time in Boston, Sarah. You're beautiful and talented and intelligent and amazing in so many ways <3

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A little behind the scenes with the rollers:

AND here is her ridiculously cool cover of "Pony" by Ginuwine: