Its 10:30 and I should be asleep but it escapes me at this time. I have some things on my mind so I figured I would write a bit. My days of counting are now done. I have exercised for a year. I have started to take better care of myself so with the new year it brings a clean slate.
Last year on the evening I was sitting in Missouri at Lynnette's house. David died a year ago today. I was wondering why I was out of sorts today. As I sit here in a clean kitchen and have time to reflect on the last year this night came flashing back to me. I think I wrote a FB post about it. David and I had a special relationship. He tolerated me in the beginning then learned he was not going to get rid of me. That I would keep coming down and so he learned to appreciate me and maybe even love me in his own way. He knew that I would come down and do things with L so he wouldn't have to.
I knew David would do anything that I asked of him. You knew his heart was as big as he was. I have the best memory of him picking L up and tossing her over his should like a sack of feed. Her kicking like she was shocked and appalled at his caveman behavior but I know down deep inside she loved it.
I started to change my life shortly after that happened. Seeing a young strong man die at the age of 49 makes you uneasy. So I knew it was time to change. I got a 24 day challenge and tried the losing weight thing again. I knew I loved the Spark but until that time in my life I was not ready to do anything. So I got some friends to exercise with me after seeing the new can you 24 DVD at Advobowl in Des Moines. I knew I could do that. I knew I needed to change and seeing the 50 year mark pass you buy all of a sudden life is moving faster and you still have things you want to do. A year in the life of a teen seems forever but to me I think its the 9th of January and its still daylight at 5 pm. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone but when you can visibly see time changing from day to night its huge. I look at pictures and see my transformation so I know its real.
Pardon my rambling tonight. I am a bit melancholy and I know I have to shake it off so I will keep writing until inspiration hits me. It usually comes as I write. I think of something I want to do or need to accomplish and after hearing Ron Reynolds speak and reading his vitamins for the mind I have made changes. I have lots more to do but I started making goals and lists and working towards building my business. I now have people using products I never thought would. Things change in a year but like the days getting longer you don't see it until all of a sudden its 5 pm and still light out as you drive home. Change happens whether you see it or not. I hope this next year does not leave you in the dark days of December.
Please make the most of the days you have on this earth. We don't know when God wants us to come home so we keep doing what He asks of us. So until then I am making 2014 the year of transformations. Mine, my family and friends and anyone else I can share the miracle of Adovcare with. It has giving me hope and I know God doesn't want us to just "get by" he wants abundance for us. Lets get busy doing His work and changing more lives.
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