I'm new too and so excited

Gala just shared with me this site. I am so excited to be among those who share my faith. I will share a little about me- I am 55- had weight loss surgery the end of May-2005 and am really struggling with losing right now. I have been a member of the church for 45 years now. I attended Ricks college for several years so have old roomates in Burley, Rupert etc. I met my husband 34 years ago- he was a recent convert when I met him. He retired from the army about 15 years ago as an army officer so we did a lot of traveling for 20 years. We settled in Washington State close to Mt. Rainier in a little town called Eatonville. We have 5 children. Our 3 oldest graduated from BYU. Our oldest daughter served her mission in Vienna,Austria then another 6 month fulltime mission in Zimbabwa, Africa. A very rare happening for her. My second son served his mission in the Yekaterinberg, Russia mission and third son served in Berlin Germany. my 4th- a daughter is attending BYU Idaho . my brother in law is a professor there so she decided to try it since family was there. my youngest is 17. A great blessing for us as we had the opportunity to adopt him as a new born when we lived in Germany. The gospel brings so much joy into my life. I was so thrilled to know you were all here. I can't wait to get to know you and to learn from you. Sorry about the long post. Enjoy the rest of the sabbath day. Sharon A

Sharon glad to see you are new too. I first posted Friday night and it has been great. I am in Vancouver WA. We lots of times go to a little town called Packwood. Is that anywhere near you? I am looking at WLS in the Spring or Summer. Where did you have your surgery at? Sister Barbara

Sharon honey...this isn't long. You've read my posts right?? Glad you sent me the email yesterday and told me you were LDS too!! Take Care. Love, Gala (who is up sick at 3am...looks pretty bad calling in sick to work but I guess it doesnt matter cause I'm almost done there anyway. lol)

Hi Sharon, Welcome to this forum. I'm so glad that Gala pointed you in this direction. I, too, went to Ricks College when it was Ricks. I didn't graduate. I attended for a year then came home and got married. I have a hard time remembering to call it BYU Idaho. I lived in Rupert when I went to Ricks and got married. I now live in another part of the state (Shoshone about 55 miles from Rupert). Your post was anything but long. Please continue to post. We'd love to get to know you better. I had my surgery 2 years ago. I've lost 142 lbs. It feels wonderful. People actually tell me I'm too thin. Imagine that. That was a term I didn't think would ever apply to me. Post often. We need to keep this board active. Melody

Hi Sharon, I haven't posted here for a very long time. I am 1 year port-op and was down almost 80 lbs before getting pregnant. I have since gained almost 20 lbs back. I'm happy for you that you have decided to make this change in your life and hope you can find all the love and support you need here. Congratulations!! Brenda