The Words Beneath My Fingertips

Dear Everyone: Your response to my "confession" blog was, for lack of a better word, overwhelming. The stories you shared with me via your comments or in private... they mean more to me than I can describe. It was very hard to "come out" as someone with an eating disorder. Anyway. I'm working through it. And I'm so grateful to have so much support. So I want to dedicate my extremely, overly sappy Thanksgiving blog to all of you, my readers, my family and my friends. To my family/(including extended and John's family): Thank you for being you. I know we Higginses have gotten stronger with the loss of Jimmy. It still hurts. We all still hurt. But we are stronger together. I know we don't always get along, but we are always family. And especially to my siblings- you all  mean so much to me. I cherish you and each of you inspire me in different ways. Anyway, I always reflect back on the fun times we've had and I know we'll make fun memories...

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness month, so I thought I should write something about how I still deal with the effects--- 7 years later.  So, friends, here, on this blog, I am telling all of you for the first time (because I have recently been reflecting on it and only now owning up to this- I haven't even discussed with my therapist but I will)....I am almost certain I have a stomach cancer induced eating disorder. This will be VERY LONG so bear with me, and if you read it, I appreciate you! I have been working on this post for DAYS and I don't know how it's going to be perceived, so I am making myself very vulnerable to you right now. I can't really write about my self-diagnosed eating disorder without explaining again everything I endured when I was recovering from surgery. I know many of you remember my trials and tribulations of eating and all I went through, but many don't know because I have recently met you, so here is my story. I think ...

Hi beloved readers! I can't believe I haven't updated since January, 2015.  I last left you with my blog about getting ready for the 2015 undie run. I am sorry I don't wrote anymore. I have a lot less time now between working and parenting. So I'll try to be better. So 2015 was a crazy year. Boston not only got pounded blizzard after blizzard (which slightly affected the run) but it was also SOOO cold. The day of the undie run, we had survived our 4th blizzard (2 ft each), it was about to snow again, and it was freezing. Well, that day was a warm spell (20 degrees), but it was 10 degrees with the wind. The rest of that month we had -4 degree days. The subway line I live on had shut down for a month due to all the snow...it was miserable. But the run was fabulous! Before the run... warming up.... During the run...along Fenway Park Stadium...lots of snow With the Great and Wonderful Anne Shigley Noble- an amazing NF2 enderer! <3 I ...