I was compiling these pictures, as the years went on in my files, I took more and more pictures of me with friends. It was this decade that I learned to truly value friendship and those who I call friends.


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While things have been rocky in my life over the last year, I am forever grateful for the stretch of time I've been given to heal and grow. I've been able to maintain my weight loss over the course of the last 3 years and will continue to keep it off. (Heck, I was so proud of it, I bicycled naked a couple of times in Bellingham ( Read more... )

I took some planning and some doing, but I made it to Las Vegas in the first week of August this year of 2016. It was mind-blowing! I met *so* many celebrities, it was unreal! The Rio Suites was a beautiful beautiful hotel/casino (Harrah's was--eh ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I was in the YMCA locker room looking to shower off after my usual 2 and a half hours in the pool. There was a gentleman in a towel who spoke to me saying: "could you do me a favor?" I was a little hesitant since it was a men's locker room and I have a mind that frequents the gutter. But, I said sure. He said: "could you go downstairs ( Read more... )

So, after nearly 6 years I will be returning to the workforce. I'd like to think the majority of that time was used or constructive purposes (losing nearly 140 lbs so far, volunteering and building up of a resume, making social connections through volunteering, getting my finances in order, emotional healing). To be honest, I will miss the life I' ( Read more... )

In December 2011, I was all set to take my own life. I bought all the implements. I studied a method using those implements from the book, Final Exit. I was set ( Read more... )

What's Truly Important

I'm thankful that my Dad has survived and recuperated from his surgery from earlier this year. I'm thankful that my parents have a good nest egg to retire on.

I'm thankful that I have the rest of my life to get things right.

I'm thankful that I have friends who care about me.

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I was very fortunate to go with my Dad to Wichita, KS (where I was born) to take him to his 45th class reunion. There I got to see my Aunt Susan and her family. It's been a long time and it's very rare I get to see them (usually half a decade at a time). It's sort of surreal to come to the same place every 5 years or so, and see time pass. My ( Read more... )

This has been a trying time for me these last 6 months. I've had a very good support team who've helped me through it. Meds have had to be increased. Lots and lots of talk therapy. In terms of a job: not one yet, but I've accrued 3 letters of recommendation. I've been volunteering at a senior living center for the last several months and have put ( Read more... )

At the end of last month, my dad was dianosed with a meningioma--a brain tumor. It was encapsulated and turned out to be benign in the end. This whole situation has been hard on my family--especially my dad and mom. I stayed with my mom in Seattle for the first two weeks for my dad's stay at Harborview Medical Center. A big portion of February was ( Read more... )