A bedtime story

by Spike
(United States)

My girlfriend has anorexia and I am never sure how to deal with this. She told me once that part of the disorder is that she will hide it from me. So I am skeptical about her eating when I am not around. She has been doing good lately and I'm very proud of her.

One of the reasons why this is so big of a deal for me is because I love her, and I need to take care of her. She has had two kidney transplants and needs to take her pills each morning and every night. If she doesn't eat, she can't take her pills. So I am always hounding her to take her pills and asking if she has had anything to eat yet. She doesn't mind that I am so obnoxious about it because she knows that I care, and that I only do it because I love her and want to see her healthy.

She never feels like she is beautiful enough for me, but each night we lay down in bed together, and I tell her a story. She always smiles and asks me to tell her a story, so each time I make up a new one about how I met this beautiful girl, and how I fell in love with her for who she was, and nothing else.

These stories help her each morning when she is trying to get the will to eat breakfast. Although she might not eat much, she has a bite to eat before we are off to school. That's all I care about, I just want to see her happy and healthy. That's why I tell her those stories each night before bed. It's because I love her, and I need her to be strong for me, because I can not live without her.

Please stay strong, everyone is beautiful in their own special way, and one day some person will realize how beautiful you truly are.

Love yours truly, Prince Charming