Did you read Meliss' reply to her b'day thread? She said that she spent all of last year thinking that she was 57, only to discover on her birthday that she was TURNING 57! Meliss, I laughed when I read this because I did this for half of a year one year! I'd forgotten about that til I read your response. The numbers were never that important to me but I realized then that I at least had to KNOW what they were...But I digress. This may be great fodder for a blog if anyone is interested...

After I thought about it for a second, I smiled and thought, "Wow, God gave Meliss back the year. How cool, she needs this one back!" And then my brain started doing its thing:

If you got a year back, like Meliss did, what would YOU do with it? That's kind of what losing the weight is like, isn't it? We're literally being given back years of our lives. More years to live. More years to love. More years to explore all that is worth celebrating about being human.

Obviously, we'd be doing what we ARE doing now. But the thought is fun to think about. Make sure that you are really living. That's why we did this. I remember Meliss' big goal was to be able to get down on the floor with her grandkids and be able to get back up. Mine was to get back to the life I was loving with my hiking buddy/husband.

I don't know about you folks, but I sure got more than I bargained for when I got these years back. How can I ever get over the amazement and wonder of it? How can any of us?

If I could be given back a year and know what I know now, I would never have had my tubes tied and would love to have another baby. My daughter is such a joy in my life and I want another one so bad! My husband may disagree but kids make me melt and as an older than average mom I find it so much less stressful now than when I was in my early 20's. And who listens to their husbands anyway! But that would be the only thing that I would change.

By the way Sandi and Meliss, me too! It was when I was 24... thought I was 25 that whole year.
Had to be corrected by a buddy. Still makes me laugh. small stuff, I guess.

OK..a year given back to me to make better choices?? hmmmmm
Perhaps I'd have spent less money on eBAY and saved toward a stay
abroad. Never been and would love to go there.... Italy?? Greece?
Crete??? Dreamy stuff!