Dear Tina

I want a young girl that is Googling how to lose weight quickly to stumble on your picture. I want her to see how this seemingly harmless action can very quickly turn into a nightmare. I want her to see herself laying dead next to you, with you, as you.

The things I write about.

But if you catch hold of me in the dead middle of the night and cut me open, you will find a little girl that is questioning it all. Do I see you in the desperation of an addict? In the screams of a quite child?

A Photograph

She sat there trying to pray to a god she longer believed in. Begging someone somewhere to do something. She knew she had to stay strong, not for herself or for her family. Today, her strength wasn’t to show terrorists they can’t win or to be part of a country not willing to give in….