Tag Archives: Family

Family, friends & acceptance

posed_MG_9638I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with my mother and sisters and I had a great time. My husband loves my family, but even I will admit that when the four of us get together it can be pretty intense. There is always a lot of laughter, talking over each other, teasing, bickering and hugging. But I love every moment of it because my family rocks. After this weekend I began to reflect a bit more on how they played such a role in my journey to size acceptance.

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Looking on the bright side 12/365

  1. I figure one day I’ll get to 365 and I am pretty that I am not stressing myself out for having missed a boatload of days in between.
  2. I am pretty excited about going to Vegas in a couple of weeks for MIX :) Just the idea of geeking out at a conference full of other people that work with SharePoint makes me smile.
  3. Learning to accept and love who I am, and look forward to all I may become in the future.
  4. Making some interchangeable feather hair pieces with my cousin this weekend.
  5. Spending a weekend filled with laughter and family
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Looking on the bright side 2/365

Day 2 of the “LotBS” list.  Hmm, that doesn’t sounds so good when I try to put it in an acronym like that. It looks more like “Lots of Bull Shit” so I will just have to keep referring to it as the Looking on the bright side list. Now – on to the list! [...]

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2008 Holiday Relief

The holidays are now over and I have to say that once again I’ve been very lucky.  I got to spend it with family that I love dearly, both my own and Gary’s.  It was filled with good food, laughter and a lot of love. Unfortunately Gary came down with a case of strep throat [...]

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Father update

I talked to my sister yesterday and she told me that my father now has pneumonia and is still in the hospital. We’re trying to decide if pneumonia, which is treatable is better then the strange hallucinations my father was having late last week. Then again the chorus line of doctor’s and nurses in the checkered shirts that kept singing and dancing for him was probably very entertaining.

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