Trivial.

What I go through with my "food demons" is trivial.

I've had a great lesson in this in the past seven days. First, my dad relapsed with drinking. He'd been sober for about 10 months. At this point I don't know if my parents will be together by the time I get married, which is a merry way to celebrate, don't you think?

And today I learned that a girl I used to babysit was found dead on the side of the road. She fought demons that dated back probably further than I ever knew about, as her mother died of a drug overdose. Last I had heard, she had beaten her own addictions after a brush with death and a month or two on a ventilator in a hospital ICU. She had been living with her uncle in the NC mountains. She was sober, and working with animals- something she learned that she loved. I was so proud to hear this news. And tonight, my mom calls to tell me that she was found on the side of the road- had been there for several days. That she was unidentifiable and had to be sent away to determine who she was. Her body was so severely affected by drugs and nature's elements that she appeared to be "middle aged". She was 24.

Someone just as fucked up as she was, thought it wise to dump her on the side of the road, rather than face the consequences. That's how little her life meant to the person that she was with in her final hours.

It sure put things into perspective when the worst thing happening to me is that I drone on and one about overeating. That's nothing. Trivial. So......miniscule compared to what other people go through in this life.

RIP Sarah.