I can't believe it's nearing six o'clock in the evening and I'm still in my pajamas. I've managed to watch all three 'Santa Clause' movies and look through all of my old photo albums. That's sums up my Sunday!
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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