A Story of Grief, Loss, Bulimia and Hope: Someday Melissa

Sometimes the worlds of nutrition and grief and loss overlap. One of these is the story of Melissa Arvin and her mother Judy's way of coping with her daughter's untimely death following years of battling bulimia.

Melissa's Story
Melissa Arvin died in May 2009 at the very age of 19 of a heart attack, one of the complications of a 5 year battle with bulimia.

Sometime after Melissa's death, Judy discovered a unique way to cope with her grief over her daughter's death in one of Melissa's journal entries.

Someday ...
Ill eat breakfast.
Ill keep a job for more than 3 weeks.
Ill have a boyfriend for more than 10 days.
Ill love someone.
Ill travel wherever I want.
Ill make my family proud.
Ill make a movie that changes lives.

The poem, "Someday" was the start of the documentary, Someday Melissa, a story of eating disorders, loss and hope.

Watch an excerpt of the film at the YouTube clip below:





Find out more about Someday Melissa at their website: http://www.somedaymelissa.com

Find out more about eating disorders at the NEDA website, supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders, and serves as a catalyst for prevention, cures and access to quality care.

Pogrebin R. April 2010. A Mother’s Loss, a Daughter’s Story. New York Times.