Love Bomb Mission: Rachel, 17. Loss of dad, eating disorders and depression.
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Hey Love Bomb family!
We are dropping today's Love Bomb on a 17 year old girl named Rachel.
She lost her dad and ever since has dealt with eating disorders, and is struggling through life without him. Her mom avoids serious conversations with her and she is afraid to get help. She's in counseling, which is wonderful - but we all know how irreplaceable personal words of encouragement are.
In one of her recent posts, she bullet-pointed a list of things she had to show for nearly being 18:
- I drink too much
- I have social anxiety
- I'm failing school
- I'm ugly
- I'm fat
- I can't even get the courage to meet my own sister
- I lack the energy to even fake happiness
- I have recurring thoughts of self-harm
- I keep relapsing into "disordered eating behaviours"
In her last post, the one we'll be commenting on, she ends with,
"What I need is some inspiration. I need someone I admire to tell me every thing's going to be alright. That they believe in me. That I'm not the fat failure I think I am. - unfortunately I can't see that happening any time before it's too late, if it's not already too late."
Alright guys. You know what to do. We ARE Rachel's inspiration, encouragement, love, and support. It's time to tell her how beautiful and valuable she is. I want to blow her away.
To comment on her blog, click here.
Time to drop a Love Bomb, friends!
Love Bomb is a project of ItStartsWith.Us. Once a week we come together to drop hundreds of love bombs (in the form of blog comments) for those who need it most. Follow us on Tumblr and join us in our missions. It only takes 5 minutes a week! 
Please join in and help us make a huge difference in this young girl's life today!
You and I both know the power in the written word.
Hop on over to her blog and leave her an encouraging word.
I've just been and commented :D Drop the Love Bomb everyone!!! Make Rachel feel special from the tips of her toes to the ends of her fingers - cos she is special!
ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing thing to do. I would love to help out with that. I left Rachel a comment. You are such an awesome person to do all these good things.
ReplyDeleteCommented, and blogged about it. Man, this post made my heart hurt. Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove you for this Jamie. (I love you anyway but you know). Omw to leave a lovebomb!!!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
Lindsay
goodness, I can't believe this it's all just so overwhelming!
ReplyDeleteJamie, I'm so glad to have found out about this lovebombing thing and I'm excited to take partin helping other people as much as I have been helped.
I wrote down all the things you mentioned and am taping it to my mirror where I will see it every morning.
I wanted to personally thank everyone (that had a link) for their comment because I appreciate it so much.
you're a beautiful person who has done a beautiful thing - I can't express how grateful I am.
take care
:)
ReplyDeletelove bombs. I love it! off to help!
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