Part of "Me" -Song Whittington

     I'm going to backtrack a bit in writing this post, just a heads-up. 

    As far as the story goes, I feel like we're reaching a climax. Granted, I've yet to look at the number of chapters so I could properly guestimate this, but with how the story is going I feel it is almost entirely safe to assume. Despite the clarity, clear starry sky and all, that seems to be emerging, my brain is drawn back to previous sections this week. 

    Where my thoughts lie are not really in this week's reading at all, if I'm honest, though I will tie it back, I promise. My thoughts lay in the abuse Esther went through in the early chapters and, presumably, her early life entirely. Now let me put a bit of a trigger warning here for eating disorders.


    Okay, so one of our main hosts is most likely developing an ED and has struggled majorly with taking care of our body. This, obviously, has adverse reactions in terms of daily functionality. In fact, when I ate a proper meal today (protein, salt, and water. I couldn't find bananas for potassium) the body as a physical reaction to it. Not a good reaction mind you. I had searing pain in my stomach region for a solid hour or so, and I'm nearly positive it was because I ate a legit meal, having ruled out all other likely causes. Ria, the host who is developing the ED, reminds me so much of Esther that as this thought plagued my mind I couldn't help but draw the comparison. While Esther's life seems to be clearing up a bit, she went through so much. Not only did she suffer so many hardships, but she still made it a priority to help others through it all. Despite Ria struggling, they still do their best to help their friends, despite said friends being very worried about Ria in turn. I'm hoping that things will soon turn towards a cleary direction soon much like it seems to be doing for Esther. For now, I can only hope and do what I can to help Ria, as much as they'll let me at least. 

-Senshi 


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  1. Emma Kate PattersonNovember 9, 2021 at 9:34 AM

    I like how you related the current part of the book being read to a past reading in the book we have done. It is important to be able to relate later parts of the book to prior parts of the book.

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