I just returned home after visiting a young girl. Our dads were good friends and I’ve known her since she was 10. Daisy**(not her real name) was at the hospital, in a critical condition. She has been diagnosed with Anorexia nervosa. When she was a little girl, she was considered obese.
She was born a healthy baby, and started to look ‘big’ when she turned 2 years old. Her mother claims it’s due to the amount of milk she consumed daily. All her family members loved her, as she was funny and very cute, with those bun-like cheeks. But unfortunately, everyone around her started calling her ‘fatty’ when she went to kindergarten. We all know how kids tease. But this girl was affected badly.
Everyday she would come home and cry. Her mother even took leave and went with her, but all her friends didn’t tease her the day her mother was around. Hence, the girl wanted the mother to follow her everyday. The mother had to take her out from class and taught her from home, until she went to Standard One. She faced the same problem in primary school, but it wasn’t that bad, as she went to an all-girls school.
Often, she kept to herself. Her mother started to see that she was losing weight and we all thought maybe because she was growing taller. She was actually starving herself in school. When she reached home, she would refuse lunch and lie that she had eaten in school. So, the only food that she took was dinner and the serving would be very small. We saw her losing all this weight and we were happy about it, thinking that she was healthy.
Then, when it came close to the UPSR examinations, her body structure changed. She started to bend more and often complained about knee and joint pain. She never took part in sport; I guess she knew that she didn’t have the strength to take up any sports. She didn’t excel in her UPSR last year, as her mind was not so sharp, but her family members didn’t let her down and encouraged her that she could do well in secondary school.
Her family members were always there for her, but this girl was only focusing on being thin. She felt very sick just before the mid-year exam, and had to be taken to the clinic a few times, before her condition worsened and she was admitted in a private hospital. Due to this, she missed her examination.
She will need to stay in the hospital for a few more weeks before she can return home. She regrets taking this step and is now praying to God to give her a chance to live. I wonder why some girls just can’t accept the way they are. Everyone should know that God made each one in a very special way. There is no one like you in this world. There is no one as talented as you are. No one has the same eye colour as you do.
No one has the same smile like yours. There are many beautiful things in this world to savour. Great food, great places, great people, beautiful Mother Nature and the list goes on. To all young girls like Daisy, stop worrying too much about yourself and make a difference by touching other people’s lives and make them smile. The smile that you see is truly priceless. — By Marlina Sara
She was born a healthy baby, and started to look ‘big’ when she turned 2 years old. Her mother claims it’s due to the amount of milk she consumed daily. All her family members loved her, as she was funny and very cute, with those bun-like cheeks. But unfortunately, everyone around her started calling her ‘fatty’ when she went to kindergarten. We all know how kids tease. But this girl was affected badly.
Everyday she would come home and cry. Her mother even took leave and went with her, but all her friends didn’t tease her the day her mother was around. Hence, the girl wanted the mother to follow her everyday. The mother had to take her out from class and taught her from home, until she went to Standard One. She faced the same problem in primary school, but it wasn’t that bad, as she went to an all-girls school.
Often, she kept to herself. Her mother started to see that she was losing weight and we all thought maybe because she was growing taller. She was actually starving herself in school. When she reached home, she would refuse lunch and lie that she had eaten in school. So, the only food that she took was dinner and the serving would be very small. We saw her losing all this weight and we were happy about it, thinking that she was healthy.
Then, when it came close to the UPSR examinations, her body structure changed. She started to bend more and often complained about knee and joint pain. She never took part in sport; I guess she knew that she didn’t have the strength to take up any sports. She didn’t excel in her UPSR last year, as her mind was not so sharp, but her family members didn’t let her down and encouraged her that she could do well in secondary school.
Her family members were always there for her, but this girl was only focusing on being thin. She felt very sick just before the mid-year exam, and had to be taken to the clinic a few times, before her condition worsened and she was admitted in a private hospital. Due to this, she missed her examination.
She will need to stay in the hospital for a few more weeks before she can return home. She regrets taking this step and is now praying to God to give her a chance to live. I wonder why some girls just can’t accept the way they are. Everyone should know that God made each one in a very special way. There is no one like you in this world. There is no one as talented as you are. No one has the same eye colour as you do.
No one has the same smile like yours. There are many beautiful things in this world to savour. Great food, great places, great people, beautiful Mother Nature and the list goes on. To all young girls like Daisy, stop worrying too much about yourself and make a difference by touching other people’s lives and make them smile. The smile that you see is truly priceless. — By Marlina Sara
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