07/22/2020
When you need perspective just look at the data!
In late July last year my older brother finally decided to check-in to a rehab facility after a long exhausting period of drinking, being in/out of jail & being disruptive while living with my very sick Mom. Shortly after JJ & I packed up my Mom & she headed to BaseCamp to live while receiving treatment for her terminal lung cancer.
Fortunately she survived another 5 months, 5 days & lived to celebrate her last birthday (which was a personal goal for her) here on Mother Earth! By mid February brother leaves rehab & comes to stay with us per the wishes on her deathbed! She left me some pretty tough marching orders regarding the help I was to give him which included a knee surgery, a fresh start with stabilized housing & a couple of other things! Then as we all know on March 13 Trump declared a national emergency & 2 days later the USA started locking down!
At the same time I was wrapping up moms estate, ramping opening back up my own brokerage company & feeling weary I resigned from WW! The last week I worked a WW meeting was the week before social distancing became a thing & meetings across the USA was halted. So here I am looking back as the dust has settled!
This image pretty well sums up the above story. Like a good trail run...I had some high peaks & low valleys during all that turmoil. Then it started, the march straight up the mountain. It was some serious emotional vertical discomfort. You see I know from the years I have spent working on myself...weight gain happens when I am not connected or serving others! It comes with a vengeance when I am at a loss of words!
So at the end of May at the summit, I decided to do something! I needed my community & they needed me! That is how Weigh-in Wednesday came to be! As the chart shows this community has helped me start my downhill as my weight is coming back down.
As the ole saying all that goes up must come down. It really just depends on you! It’s slow, but hey that is ok with me. I can also say those checking-in are also getting results. Alone we tend to tell ourselves the work & effort we are giving & receiving is not good enough. We beat ourselves up with negative self talk. Just having someone else to discuss the process with is critical. We are humans meant to connect with each other...to Lift, to Encourage & to Serve!
So if you can’t make it by to say HI on a Wednesday, you can always reach out to me via text, email, voice call or heck just drop in on the FB page or subscribe to the podcast. I just want to say thank you for being there for me and that I love you & I am here for each of you!!!!
Much Love,
Sandra
