Every night my 5yo stepdaughter pushed her plate away: “Sorry Mom, I’m not hungry.” My husband shrugged. But when he left for a trip, she whispered the chilling reason she never eats. My breath hitched, my hands shook violently, and I immediately locked all the doors, realizing we had to run…

dragging his palms down his face. “She exhibits eccentricities occasionally. Her world has been flipped upside down.”

I sank onto the ottoman facing him, fighting to keep my pitch level. “Javi, this transcends normal transition anxiety. She practically starves herself. She begs for forgiveness before every meal. She looks utterly petrified simply occupying continue reading …