Monday, November 12, 2007

For people with eating disorders, now is the time to "get high" on their bodies

As Sara Evans (left) might sing it, people with eating disorders shouldn't feel like they're "nailed to the ground."

Not when the National Eating Disorders Association is around to raise them to new heights - and spread awareness of their plight.

That's why the NEDA's 2007 Every BODY is Beautiful Auction has opened for bidding, with the goal of raising $30,000 to support the organization.

The auction items include:

- a California Dreamin' Weekend in Malibu
- two tickets to a Sara Evans Concert, as well as "meet & greet" passes (Evans is the honorary chair of the auction).
- a David Ortiz hand-signed official Boston Red Sox jersey
- a Hope Star necklace

Registering for the auction is easy. Check out the NEDA's auction website at www.nationaleatingdisorders.cmarket.com and click on “Register” in the upper right corner.

In less than a minute, you'll be ready to "fly."

"Born To Fly" by Sara Evans (Sara Evans/Marcus Hummon/Darrell Scott)

I've been tellin' my dreams to the scarecrow
About the places that I'd like to see
I say 'friend, do you think I'll ever get there?'
Aww, but he just stands there smilin' back at me

So I confess my sins to the preacher
About the love I'd been prayin' to find
Is there a brown-eyed boy in my future, yeah
He says 'girl, you got nothin' but time.'

(But) (Oh) (So) how do you wait for heaven
And who has that much time
And how do you keep your feet on the ground
When you know
That you were born, (you were born, yeah), you were born to fly

My daddy he is grounded like the oak tree
My momma she is as steady as the sun
Oh, you know I love my folks, but I keep starin' down the road,
Just lookin' for my one chance to run

Hey, 'cause I will soar away like the blackbird
I will blow in the wind like a seed
I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams
And I will grow up where I want, wild and free





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