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For the now...

I've been at a crossroad; it seems, for a while. Perhaps it's not that I've been paused at the crossroad... perhaps it's that the intersection is enormous. Although my decision is to continue forward in the same direction I've been travelling, it seems the forward path is difficult and many times I find myself looking to the left or right, if not veering. Many readers may know I've lost about 130 pounds in the last couple of years. I was 42 years old when I began the arduous journey to claim my body. It has been a very slow, ongoing process and though I'm very healthy now, I still feel I have something yet to accomplish. Most likely, I'll deal with that complex for the rest of my life, and that's OK. I liken it to a scary movie; you know it's just make believe, but later, in the dark of that night, as you lie in bed, you still get just a little nervous at the thought of getting up to go to the bathroom. That may just be a girl thing...but I kno...