This Lenten Forty
It’s Ash Wednesday and so it is the beginning of the Lenten season. This year instead of abstaining from something as is customary; I am going to be breaking the rules a bit and actually taking something up instead. This Lent I will be (as much as it pains me to say it) taking my vitamins…Each and every single one of them. Sigh.
- Vitamins are quite possibly my least favorite thing.
I hate taking my vitamins. As a result I rarely do. This is not a good thing. It’s not good because I’ve had gastric bypass surgery. As a result my body can not absorb enough vitamins from the foods I consume and so it is absolutely necessary for my continued good health that I do take them each and every single day.
You may not know this about me, but I can be very stubborn.
And so, there it is…The true thing I will be re-leaving myself of this season. My much adored bull-head.
Instead I will not let my disdain for my vitamins (which began when I was recovering from surgery and each time I would attempt to swallow a pill I would wretch and gag.) control me. I will give-in and finally follow my doctor’s orders. In so doing I will be better caring for this body the Lord has so graciously afforded me; and in addition to my body I will also be improving my spirit. Which is quite possibly the greatest and most special thing I’ve got.
Which brings me to the second aspect of this Lenten renouncement. I will be forgoing all things that affect me-and by extension my body-and my spirit negatively. Instead I will be focusing on improving my self and examining the things that-my stubbornness a.k.a. fears, a.k.a. insecurities (I know it may be hard to believe this-but yes, even I-Miss Ever-So-Confident can, and do have a few things I’m insecure about.) and anything else of a Delphic nature that is hindering me from doing the things that God intends for me to do.
xo,
BANGS!
Well I did it! Not only did I have bangs snipped I had three inches cut off!
I can’t say that I wanted to cut the length that much, but I currently have a lot of the hair I lost post surgery growing back; which means that I had random short hairs flying about. With the tons of layers I now have it’s more even and it all blends much better now.
Having bangs again for the first time in 11 years is going to take some getting used to but I’ll totally rock them for now-until my next hair whim!
Read MoreBest of Me, 2009
This year has certainly been a year of change. So much has happened. A year ago I was calling Evan “Copper” on this blog, he was just about six month’s old, Michael was still being called “Mo, and was soaring into the last few months of his fourth year.
I’ve changed physically and rather unexpectedly, I’ve realized that along with the physical change came a few unexpected changes as well. As this year closes I find myself reflecting on these surprise developments. The biggest unexpected area of growth for me was that I’ve come further into my own…self. This was a big surprise, because a year ago I felt like I knew exactly who I was. What happened this year is that I broke out of the shell I’d been living in and truly became her, for everyone to see.
The weight loss although physical has changed a lot more than just what I look like. It’s allowed me to really be me. I’m dressing the way I’ve always wanted, I’m much more outgoing-not that I wasn’t before, I was always the girl with way to much self esteem, but it’s outgoing in a different way. Gone is the self doubt. Doubt that questioned if this fat girl really should be up and dancing, now I simply dance.
Currently I’m reaching, grasping, and aiming for goals, dreams, and aspirations. I’m feeling pretty good about 2010 and I’m going to do my best to make as many of them happen.
Was this year perfect. No, not all of it, but it had it’s moments. Here are some of the highlights.
Read MoreMy Crazy Christmas Week Re-Cap
I’ve had a crazy week and a half.
The short version: Blizzard, Slipped on Ice, DC to pick up sister from airport, MAJOR stomach pain, ER, hospital, Road-trip, Christmas in Connecticut, sledding, Hershey Pennsylvania for Chocolate World.
Here’s the long version….
Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad!!!
"Don't Read Beauty Magazines-They'll Only Make You Feel Ugly" Really?
A few months back I decided to update my magazine subscriptions to include a few that didn’t primarily deal with parenting or children. In the last five years the only time I’d actually read a fashion magazine was while I was in the salon, so I figured it was about time I resumed reading periodicals that I felt reflected the woman-not the mother-but the woman I am today as well as my other interests, (mainly shoes and make-up) while being fun to read. I chose Glamour, Marie Claire, and Writer’s Digest.
I received the November issue of Glamour this afternoon. As I was walking back to my house from the mailbox, I could feel a smile begin to play across my lips-because this was a little indulgence that was purely, just for me.
As soon as I could, I tore open the plastic it was wrapped in and began flipping pages. On the sixth page my attention was captured by two beautiful women and the question, “Are these women gorgeous?” I immediately recognized one of the models from the Lane Bryant advertisements so I quickly flipped to page 198, while uttering the word “duh”. This is what I saw:
Six Months Later…
Six months ago I made an awesome decision – it ranks pretty high up there – along with marrying my husband.
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