HAPPY NEW YEAR!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!

WOW..... Does that saying hit home in a lot of ways..... as my birthday came and went yesterday (the 25th) I was reminded how I now have a "fresh" start to a whole new year.......and it got me thinking, does that person not know when January 1st is?  I mean it's only JUNE.... what are they talking about?  So I went home after stuffing my face with my birthday lunch and thought long and hard what that really meant. And really it is a new beginning!  I'm a year older and my year began June 25th (I won't say the year b/c I feel OLD) and so this my friends is my HAPPY NEW YEAR celebration!!!!!

As many know the last couple years have been rocky for me, but the last 9 months have really tested me and put me through what NO ONE should EVER be put through (in my own opinion!) Starting September 6th I had "minor" foot surgery....yeah right that stuff HURT and knocked me out for a LONG time.... I'm still trying to get back to wearing shoes!!  October1st (they think) my best friend and her son were murdered out in Maryland.  Now that took the wind from my sails.  At first they thought William was just missing and so there was a glimmer of hope that he was still out there and some day I would see him again....but that became false when they found his precious body in the woods...... they were my life!  They were at my house 7 days a week and it was never a dull moment.  I flew out to Maryland for the services of these 2 great people (with out my doctor knowing!) to show my respect and say my good byes, but knowing that I was the last one to talk to her, I knew she knew I loved her and missed her, so I was okay in that field.....but gosh we talked A LOT and she was my BEST FRIEND and will be missed!!!  While all of this is going on, I was also going through a messy divorce (I was living in Illinois and he was living in our house in Maryland), and the closer to the end we got the further away we really were to finding a resolution!!

So today at work I was thinking about starting my blog back up and trying to figure out how do I start this bad boy back up?  How do I pick up in the middle of a successful weight loss journey knowing that I gained 30 pounds of the 65 that I lost?  How do I stay true to my words that I'm in this journey for life?  I'm here to motivate others and keep them on track?  Well this is how I do it.... it's a NEW YEAR and I need to stay faithful to journaling and tracking and just laying life out there.  Someone has gone through what I went through or they will go through what I went through (not that I would EVER wish it on anyone!), so let's ban together and get back on track if you aren't and help stay on track if you are!!

Thanks for your patience while I figure life out and hope to catch you soon!!
Kimberly