Dear Sheri,
By the end of the weekend, I was convinced that I just couldn’t do it. I’m paying, we’re talking, but I am forever giving in to the crap. I figured, with my husband leaving his job, I probably would be better off to just attempt to manage this on my own, because it would be more frugal. In the past week, I had a beer or a cocktail 4 out of 7 days. I think I ate sugar every day. I haven’t gone back to the gym yet for a variety of reasons (no time, daughter screwed up my iPod, etc.) I had pretty much convinced myself that I would just fly solo and do the best I could, knowing in my heart of hearts that I would fail miserably. In other words, I was giving up.
Today at lunch at the Whole Foods Store, I was sitting outside enjoying a salad, brown rice and beans and saw a woman walking from the parking lot to the store. A very large, unhappy looking woman, plodding her way slowly, painfully. Her t-shirt said, in capital letters about 6 inches high, “REAL WOMEN DRINK.”
The universe is funny.
I will talk to you at 4:30.
C.J.
Badmoon
August 17, 2010
CJ…way to go girl! Don’t you just love riding the best roller coaster in the universe. What a ride!!!
Thanks for sharing…cuz, I’ve been there…done it! Many hiccups along the way in self discovery. In the end it’s all worth it! Truly….it’s ok to FEEL like you want to give up…I learned those moments of discouragement were merely growing pains I needed to get over to climb the next hump. Good job at not giving up.
NEVER GIVE UP!!!!
Hugs,
Badmoon
Michele John
August 17, 2010
What an awesome post! Sometimes it is hard for us to envision the person we want to be, or will be, in this journey, but it is EASY to see the person we DON’T want to be! I hope you said a mental “thank you” to that woman as she walked by you.
Keep up the good work…enjoy the journey.
michele
Kathy
August 17, 2010
Yes, yes, yes. I love your letter. Inspiration all around us. Thanks. Kathy
Joyce
August 18, 2010
Love love love this! Made me cry! What a wonderful honest post and one that I can relate to. Thanks for sharing and happy trails on this journey.
Joyce