“She had this façade, and she could put on this happy face’’
"Taylor Faulkner, at 21; touched lives with spunk and smile" by Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent | July 17, 2010
Despite her sunny disposition, there was an inward struggle, family said, that made her unable to appreciate her attributes. She battled an eating disorder in her teens, and on June 22, she took her own life at her Milton home. She was 21....
That is not right.
She had recently started working at a summer camp, Friends for Tomorrow in Lincoln, which uses horses to help children with physical or mental challenges build strength. She was also working at
Could that have been the best place to work for someone with an eating disorder?
She had been looking forward to attending classes this fall, at Lesley, where she was a dean’s list student several times.
“She had this façade, and she could put on this happy face,’’ her father said....
In addition to her father and mother, Ms. Faulkner leaves her paternal grandmother, Joan of Bolton, Conn.; and her maternal grandparents Jan and Ed McCulloch of Ashford, Conn.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Grandparents left behind?
Services have been held.
Taylor Faulkner volunteered at various places, with many of the programs involving assisting children.
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