Originally Written for Middlebury College: The Resilience Project, December 21, 2014 - Updated: I remember the time I watched a documentary on Golden Gate Bridge suicides. Some of the men and women who stood on the railing, making the ultimate contemplation, were talked out of jumping by bystanders or recognized, as it was almost too late, that there was something worth living for. Still others couldn’t find the strength to endure any longer and simply let go. Is this “selfis

Resilience Project, Middlebury College Sand to Stone Lately I’ve found terror on my dinner plate again. Please, have a side of paralysis with your chicken. The mirror is no enemy to me anymore. It’s learning to unlearn the art of starvation that once robbed me minutes, seconds, hours of my life. It’s “losing control” each and every day and going to sleep knowing I may never have it back. And they say that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing. It’s falling out of love with the fi