It's been a rough month

Jan 02, 2010

Well, December along with 2009 has come and gone.  I didn't make my goal of 100 pounds off, but I'm ok with it.  I have lost 85 pounds and I'm feeling great!! I had to have outpatient surgery and was just released to go back to exercising this week.  I think that slowed my weight loss a bit, but I'm ok with it- I had to have this done.  Well, December started out pretty nice, we were all in the holiday spirit and waiting for Santa to visit all the little people in our family.  I got an early gift from hubby, he took me to see Michael McDonald on December 20!!! I have been wanting to see him for years and hubby has made my dream come true!! I love you "Big Daddy- you're the best!!"  He also gave me a jersey of my favorite football team- the Pittsburgh Steelers- and it's my favorite player(even though he's retired now- Jerome "The Bus" Bettis).  Well, after that night, our week went down hill!!
We received a phone call at 1:50am Tuesday morning(December 22), my father in law passed away in the night, unexpectedly!!  He had been ill for some time, but we never imagined God would call him home, especially at Christmas time, but it is His will, not ours.  A couple of the younger grandchildren wanted to "cancel" Christmas, because Grandpa wasn't here to celebrate with us.  We all had to let them know that Grandpa didn't want us to stop celebrating because he was no longer physically here with us, in fact in a few of his last conversations, he wanted to be sure all the grands had their gifts from him.  They then understood how important this Christmas would be for our family.  I still find myself tearing up from time to time when I think about him.  His memorial is Saturday January 9, if any of you that read this could whisper a prayer for our family, we would surely appreciate it!!  Christmas was very different, but we shared stories and pictures, laughter and tears.  Hubby took it pretty hard(as expected- they were very close- not to mention hubby looks exactly like him) because after the mention of cremation, he thought he wouldn't get to see him and say goodbye, but my wonderful mother in law made arrangements so that we the immediate family could have a private viewing and farewell.  It was sad, but touching as we all held each other and shared our "Grandpa tales!!"  I'm going to miss his deep baritone voice, his hearty chuckle and his infectious smile and most of all, his "sick and twisted" sense of humor!! I love you Dad and I miss you terribly!!!
With that I will ask that each of you hug your kids/grandkids a bit tighter and that kiss you give your significant other- let it linger just a bit longer and always smile at those you meet while you're on your way about your day!!!! 
Many hugs and lots of love!!
Happy New Year Everyone

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