Intended Post Interrupted!

Along the Foothills Parkway just outside GSMNP

February, 2010

Some mornings, things happen so quickly one just can't grasp the roller coaster of emotions quickly enough!  This morning was one such morning for me.  Not in a dramatic or chaotic sort of way, but in the quiet moments when I remember why I started this blog and called it "gains and losses."  This morning, I've experienced two "gains"  that couldn't be more opposite one another on the pleasure meter, but as so often happens in real life, they are closely connected.  

I stepped on the scale this morning eagerly anticipating a loss and was promptly rewarded with a 1.5 pound GAIN!  Yikes!  I have no idea where this came from as I have been a perfect little girl for a few days now.   I really hate it this close to the first of a month because in two days, I have to post my October 1 weight on the sidebar for all the world to see!  So, I drug me and my lower lip down the staircase to the coffee pot and to my credit, still managed to cover all my Sunday Sharing requests!  Of course, being mad at God because HE caused this weight gain (I surely hope everyone knows I am joking!), I skipped my morning devotions (I've since repented and gone back to do them!) and went straight to my Google Reader.   And there, nestled down a few posts from other friends, was this one from Karen who blogs at Waisting Time.   Almost to the end of her post, I saw my name and what I read brought enough "gain" to obliterate any memory of a superficial "gain" that had just moments before been so important!  Thank you, Karen.  Those particular words on this particular day didn't just happen by chance!  

This is the award I received from Karen.......................

.........and all I'm required to do is pass it along to someone who has helped me through some turbulence with an explanation as to how they did just that.   As much as I loved receiving this from Karen, I could not wait to pass it along because there is no one who is more deserving of this than Deb who blogs at Deb Will Be Free!  Barely knowing me in BlogLand, much less in real life, Deb immediately offered to help my family negotiate the maze of "end of life" care when we realized my FIL was at that point.  We began exchanging emails and her expertise as a Social Worker became my lifeline. We made many decisions with confidence that would have been much more difficult without her holding my hand.  (Read Karen's post)  My family and I will never, ever forget her kindness and compassion.  Deb, all you have to do is pass this along to someone who truly deserves it and explain why you are giving it to them.

I, like Karen said, hope that all of our skinny selves can meet in real life one of these days.  Who knows?  Being the ultimate vagabond, one of these days you all may see a post titled, "I'm gone!"   My picture that day will be a sparkling new RV with one of those US (and Canada!!) maps on the side and a 138 pound me standing beside it grinning holding a sign that says, "where do you want me to come first?!"