Life At Best is Bitter Sweet

The New Year has had a few bitter sweet moments already...

Recently a co-worker informed us of her husbands illness.  We were heartbroken to learn last week that there wasn't anything that could be done to help him.  He passed this afternoon.  So sad, my heart breaks for her.  He was her everything, she loved him dearly.  I cannot imagine what she is feeling at this moment; there seems to be a lot of loose ends she will need to deal with.  That is clearly the bitter...the sweet, from what I understand he didn't suffer much; he refused pain medication. We will all rally around her to comfort and help in anyway we can.  Although she may feel alone at this point, she has many waiting to jump in and be there for her.  Please keep her in your prayers.

Justin...my sweet boy.  We were disappointed that he didn't get into the school of his choice, however, I am beyond proud at how well he handled the news.  My 2 prayers throughout this process were that we are able to give him the tools needed to prepare for the audition and that he handle the rejection well.God answered both prayers...okay so maybe that day, while he was in his audition, I may have begged God to let him get in haha but that was more of a moment of desperation :)

I had my own bitter sweet moment yesterday.  As you may know I have struggled with my eating the last year and put on a good amount of the weight I lost.  My entire situation, since I first started this journey, has changed.  As hard as it was I felt I had to look elsewhere for the support I needed.  Its been tough; there are things I am having trouble bringing myself to do.  So finally after almost 3 weeks of having this support I had a successful week; I lost weight and inches.  Its been a while since that's happened.  I do believe I may have gotten some confidence back. 

I decided it may be in my best interest to take this a month at a time. I can't become overwhelmed, I need to remain focused. I'm looking forward to our nutrition program starting up at work; it looks like that may be a while before the accountability end of the program kicks in.

So, the bitter and the sweet...I'm moving on...always a hard thing for me to do; it's something that had to be done, especially since there isnt anyone looking back for me.