11/9/00
WELL I AM LESS THAN 30 DAYS SHORT OF 1 YEAR.
I LOOK BACK WITH REFLECTION AND I HAVE TO SAY
WITH ALL HONESTY, THIS WAS NOT AN EASY JOURNEY
THIS WAS NOT A BED OF ROSES. THIS WAS A HARD TRIP
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IT CHALLENGED EVERYTHING
I HAD EVER BELIEVED OR DONE, IT CHALLENGED ME TO MY
VERY ROOT. I FOUND OUT WHO I AM, AND WHAT I AM MADE OF
I FOUND OUT HOW MUCH CURAGE I HAD, AND HOW DEDICATED
I COULD BE TO MYSELF. I FOUND OUT HOW TO LOVE MYSELF,
AND TO ACTUALLY TREAT MYSELF LIKE I LOVED MYSELF.
I FOUND OUT HOW TO LEAN ON OTHERS. I FOUND OUT
HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO ACTUALLY BE HAPPY
WITH YOUR BODY. I FOUND OUT HOW NICE IT IS
TO CROSS YOURG LEGS AND HAVE PANTY HOSE
THAT FIT. I FOUND OUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE YOUR
KIDS HUG YOU AND THEIR LITTLE ARMS REACH ALL
THE WAY AROUND. I FOUND OUT THAT MY HUSBAND
TRULY DOES LOVE ME THICK OR THIN, AND ONLY
WANTS ME TO BE HAPPY.
I HAVE NOW SEEN PROBABLY CLOSE TO 1000
PEOPLE GO THRU THIS JOURNEY, NOT ALL WITH
SUCESS. SOME PEOPLE SAW IT AS A QUICK CURE
SOME SAW IT AS AN EASY ROAD. SOME WERE JUST
NOT MENTALLY PREPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF
DEDICATION THAT IT TAKES. ON THE BRIGHT
SIDE I HAVE SEEN SO MANY SUCEED. ALL WITH
WONDERFUL LIFE CHANGING STORIES, TO SEE
THEM TODAY YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE THEY
WERE EVER "BIG" OR WENT THRU ALL OF THIS.
TO THOSE JUST STARTING I SAY BUILD A STRONG
CIRCLE OF SUPPORT, PREPARE YOURSELF MENTALLY
AND RESEARCH EVERYTHING 5 TIMES.
TO THOSE ON THEIR WAY, HANG IN THERE, STAY POSITIVE,
LEAN ON SOMONE STRONG.
TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE IT, CONGRATS, YOU ARE
TRULY A WINNER.
AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WHO ARE
MAKING THIS JOURNEY. I KNOW IT IS SCARY, YOU KNOW
IT WILL BE HARD, BE THERE, BE STRONG, BE LOVING.
MY SINCEREST THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME
ALONG THE WAY.
LOOK AT MY
PICTURES
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