OT: Mother's Day Question: What did you get from Mom?
For me, a few of my positive attributes would be my sense of humor, my nurturing and caring nature, my lips, and my butt (momma had some junk in the trunk!). The negative would be a tendency to quit things that are hard, my addictive personality, varicose veins and bunions! Gee, thanks Ma! :-)
My mom is in heaven, but because of these attributes, both negative and positive, she is and always will be with me. I love you and miss you Mom!
Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there!!
Denise
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RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!
*6.5 lost preop
Let's see...positives:
I got her compassion, nurturing manner, selflessness, very giving, cooking ability (which is awesome BTW!), looks, and old fashioned values.
Negatives:
Arthritis, mental illness, bad heart, weight, varicose veins, hypoglycemia, osteoporosis, a TON of allergies, terrible memory, and too many others to count.
I used to joke that I got all of the left over junk after my sisters were born. No good genes left in the pot. However, the good definitely outweigh the bad. I am truly proud to call her my mother every day. I believe the world needs more people like her.
Love you mom!!!!
LMAO at that!! I always said mom decided to share all her medical problems with me and wondered why she didn't give me her propensity to be thin!
Have a great weekend!
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RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!
*6.5 lost preop
I love and adore you Mom, I always will!! You are my strength and peace and I'm very, very proud of you and what you have accomplished in your life.
Lori
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! LET'S GET HEALTHY! 
STARTING WEIGHT 211.8, SURGERY 23 MAR 11; ONEDERLAND 30 MAR 11 199.2 
So glad you were blessed with an awesome Mommy!
Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.
RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!
*6.5 lost preop
Positives: Her "take no crap" attitude, her eyes, my hourglass (currently a day glass) figure, sense of humor, eclectic taste in music, clothes and just about everything else,a love for nature and a few of her hippie tendencies rubbed of on me lol
Negatives: Weight problems, diabetes, my addictive personality, oily skin, thyroid problems, mental illness issues, scoliosis and fibromyalgia
We always joke that I got screwed both ways as far as health goes. My father's side of the family has a ton of health issues too. I always loathe giving my family history at doctor's appointments.
I love my mommy though. We may not always get along but we will always love each other.
Positives: sense of humor, stubborness (yes, I count that as a positive), looking out for others
Negatives: weight problems and pessimism (and stubborness lol)
My mother has also crossed over, but the positives she left me with were: sense of humor, how to behave like a lady, good manners, compassion, cleanliness, love of animals, honesty, my height, my good genes.
Negatives attributes would be: Ability to be *****y. Insecurity. Lack of confidence. Also the tendency to quit the hard stuff...
My mother was not the greatest mom in the world, but I believe she did her best within her reality, so I forgive her her faults and shall always love her for the good stuff.
Happy Mother's day mom!!!
