08/21/03--Hello, everyone. Kuri here in a rare introspective mood. It's been almost a year to the day that I first created my profile. It's hard to believe it's been that long. So much has happened since then. I've lost 93 pounds, the equivalent of a seventh grader!! I've changed my hair, my clothes, my outlook... I've changed the physical me. I am still who I was, though. I still cry at Kleenex commercials. I still laugh at the show COPS, even though it is not a comedy. (Ya gotta laugh, though!!) I still dance in the livingroom in my underwear. I still talk to my children and worry about them. I still worry about getting older and all that could entail. I still shop for too many shoes!! I'm still me. I didn't know if this change in the physical me would greatly change the other parts of "me". I can say, a year after I began this journey, that I'm still me. I'm a diva, don't get me wrong!! I can strut with the best of 'em and I look GOOOOOD!!!! But I am still me... Thank you Creator... I am still me.