Midgie67
Happy Rebirthday to me!
Aug 21, 2009
Today marks 2 years since I had my surgery. I am down a total of 263 lbs. Totally amazing.What is 2 years in your life?
To a parent with a new born baby it is the years that their child grows up just a little, but enough, (and fast, take it from this mom) most learn to walk, talk and start to get a personality.
To a married couple, 2 years means they made it through, and the gift is cotton (cotton???) oh well. LOL
2 years to a soldier can mean time away in a foreign country and miss out on the lives of their children, wives and families for OUR freedom.
2 years can mean a toddler that goes from wearing a helmet, having her parents being told she will always need to receive special services/wearing hearing aids and never attending Catholic School ~ but that child persevered and showed them how wrong they really were! (GO ANNA! ~ my sweet baby)
2 years can mean being unemployed, unhappy with your life and then finding your dream job in Yuma, AZ.
2 years to a college student may mean a degree in hand.
So you see, 2 years can mean many things to many people.
2 years to me…means FREEDOM. Freedom to enjoy all the wonderful gifts God has given me. I am doing things I never thought I would do in a million years. Hiking with my family, walking 19 miles for Relay for life in May, and jumping rope (yeah that is not that important to you, but to me it is) with my daughter. There is more...but won't bore you with it.
2 years ago on August 21st, this caterpillar came out of her cocoon and started her journey to be a butterfly. A butterfly that can soar, and fly and do things that the caterpillar never thought she could ever do.
My favorite quote is one from Mother Teresa…which plainly states, “God does not require us to succeed, he only requires that you try” I carry that quote with me everywhere…have since Aug. 21, 2007.
A very wise man once asked me why? Why do I want to have the surgery so bad? Well if he had a few days, I could list 100’s of reasons, but I gave him one he would understand. With tears in my eyes, I explained…God gave me this body and I have abused it. He agreed, but also said you are doing something about that…and I did.
I wanted to show God that I was thankful for everything he has given me in my life. My wonderful parents; brothers; sisters; friends; a loving parish community; the best husband and the most beautiful daughter. (My miracle) I need to embrace them and cherish them, for God has given me these gifts. Gifts that I would have left behind way too soon without the surgery.
I did this for me, but for God. So as Mother Teresa says, God didn’t ask me to succeed at it, he just asked me to try. I hope I fulfilled that for Him; for God. So that I can enjoy not only the new body he helped me obtain, but all the other many blessings in my life.
Today marks my 2nd anniversary (or as we say in the gastric bypass world) Surgerversary or our rebirth day. 2 years! It went by so quickly. I am not that caterpillar anymore. I am that soaring butterfly. The one that can do anything, anything she sets her mind to. Thank you Lord for all the gifts in my life… for the 260 + lbs I have lost. That with prayer and God’s help will never, ever return.
I thank my family, my friends, my God for being there. I could not have done it without them. My journey will not end here. I have a lifetime of work ahead of me, so this soaring butterfly can soar higher and higher. Until the day I go to God, and in person thank him for helping me get my life back. The life I always wanted the life I feel he wanted me to have.
I will post my 2 year pic today...
Peace and love,
Margery
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About Me
Yuma, AZ
Location
28.0
BMI
Surgery
08/21/2007
Surgery Date
Mar 13, 2007
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