Personal Narrative Analysis

Ever since first grade me and Renee have been best friends. She’s like my sister we laugh, we talk, we argue, we bicker, and we have fun together. She is always there for me, especially when my grandmother died and that was really hard for me, and I was there for her when her dog that she had since she was three died, we went through the ups and downs together. Then in winter of 2013 Renee had an experience that scared her so much it lead to an eating disorder. At first I didn’t think anything about it and I thought she was going to eat the next day, but it turns out she only ate ¼ the amount of food that is the normal servings. This happened for weeks, only eating a small amount of food at a time. It was like an animal wanting to eat food but not knowing if it was poisoned and in the long run it was not even poisoned at all. She was like that would not eat because she was scared of what could happen while eating. And I knew that her energy was becoming lower and lower when she no longer wanted to play or go outside. Her parents slowly …show more content…
Renee’s mom got a call from her doctors and they said that Renee was getting better and that her weight is coming back so she is allowed to stay at home and eat a harsh food plan, but if it gets worse, she will have to go back. So I motivated Renee to eat when I was over at her house to see her, and she trusted me and she did eat sometimes and some other times she would complain and argue with her parents but eat the food anyway. I was so happy for her that she ate and felt good about it. It took time to eat different things, but over a course of a couple months, she could eat anything she wanted even if they were small bites. Now it’s 2018 and she’s better than ever she overcame it by trusting others and believing in herself. I am so proud of Renee and to say she is one of the strongest people I