choose life

choose life.

that's the phrase of the day.

i got a call today from a girl from my past, my best friend through elementary school and junior high. she had the most amazing bout with anorexia that sonoma county had seen in years. seven years in and out of rehabilitation clinics, and nothing took.

but it looks like something snapped. i guess something had to give. something always has to give.

give life, in this case.

i don't know the details, i don't really know what happened, but apparently about seven or eight weeks ago, she woke up and decided to live. and has started what i understand is a miraculous recovery, to a degree that all the therapy and rehab in the world had not previously been able to inspire her to do.

though we've not spoken much in the last few years, this news fills me with so much joy.

well, they do say that the holidays are a time for miracles.