The Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is the basis of Christian belief. A clover or shamrock is a symbol of the Trinity. It is also said that the leaves represent faith, hope, and love. As I write during my lenten journey without facebook, I think about my faith. I am third of my parents' eight children. I was blest to have been born to parents with a strong belief in God. I tend to belief that I was born with the Spirit. I was lucky. I have always had faith that life is good. I believed that people were good. I knew bad things would happen, but for a greater good that I just had to believe in. If I looked at my life, I could remember all of the bad things: a fire in our home when I was in sixth grade, or becoming a single parent of four children under six when I was only 28. The accidental death of my sister when she was just 38 and I 36. A car accident that changed my mom and dad's life fore...
You may or may not know that I started blogging over 10 years ago when I won a contest called Weigh Into Win. It was sponsored by our local CBS station, WTOL , the YMCA , and Mercy Weight Mgt. I had a personal trainer, a food plan, and was a local 'celebrity' as the community watch my progress on TV and read my blog. I did well on the program, reaching my goal weight of around 150 pounds. I was 46 at that time and maintained that weight until I turned 50. At 56, I am beginning another serious weight loss journey. I am fifty pounds overweight. For whatever reason, I admit it, I have gained fifty pounds and seem to want to maintain that weight. This morning, I weighed in at a whopping 206.1 pounds. This morning, I also began a Nutrisystem program. I chose this program for a couple of reasons. During 2016 I had surgeries on the same foot, each requiring eight weeks of non-weight bearing compliance. I g...
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