"on the wagon" , "off the wagon"... there is no WAGON!

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  • tj1376
    tj1376 Posts: 1,402 Member
    LOVE THIS POST!
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    A zombie thread that deserves a BUMP OF LIFE!
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Nice reminder.
  • Smamfa
    Smamfa Posts: 139 Member
    Brilliant post!!
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
    An update to this post:

    Since I made this thread nearly a year ago. I have been in maintenance. That's really cool.

    In this year since I have buried a very special member of my family. She lost her battle to cancer on July 21, 2013. She was my mother-in-law and she was a second mom to me. I was blessed to be loved by my husband's mom. We took care of her at home to the very end. She drew her last breath just as the sun rose on a Sunday morning. We were with her for it.

    This happened less than 2 weeks after her 67th birthday. We made a chocolate sugared pecan cake with fudge icing for her. I ate a huge slice of that cake with her. We shared the plate of it and the fork. She was so weak by then we had to feed her. The only way she would eat was if you ate off her plate with her.

    In that moment of cake sugar high, my thoughts were not on calories, they were not on losing, maintaining weight or anything other than the woman I shared it with. They were on her and the smile she had, and the way she could barely hold my hand. That is what means more in life than size or weight.

    Not long after we buried my mother-in-law, I found out more devastating news. My momma has lymphoma. Caught early.

    So far she is doing well on the chemo.

    But if my mom makes me food or wants to go out to eat. I go and I enjoy every bite and laughter that goes with it.

    Tomorrow is not promised, being thin doesn't matter if I have no one I love to enjoy life with.

    Please think about that. Life is fragile. Never pass an opportunity to live it well and fully with the PEOPLE in your life. They can be gone so quickly. Live with no regret it steals today's joy from you.

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