13 Years!

Oct 23, 2014

Yesterday was my 13th year surgery anniversary.  It was a different surgery anniversary than I've had in the past.

While I knew it was my anniversary, it was overshadowed by other things in my life.  I attended a webinar that I had fairly low expectations of.  Gratefully, I was wrong.  It was a great webinar for me for a number of reasons.  After the webinar was over, I was very inspired and motivated.  The webinar was prominent in my mind, and I had a motivating conversation about it with a close friend.  Other things were getting things done for work, one of my sons was stressed about a test he was taking today, my other son had his last soccer practice for the season on one of the teams he plays on, my husband had a rough day at work, we watched the World Series and then the day was over.  My husband and a friend of mine emailed me early in the day wishing me a happy surgery anniversary which was very nice.

It struck me this morning that in years past, I've been reflective and sentimental about my surgery day all those years ago.  While I'm still sentimental about my surgery day and I reflected back a little today, my 13 year anniversary was different.  At first, I was concerned that my surgery day anniversary had lost its meaning.  However, that didn't last long.  When I thought back over my day yesterday, I was happy.  The things that happened yesterday are my life.  Good things are going on for me in my life.  I am happy.  My focus yesterday was on good, positive things.....my future, my family, my friends and positive decisions (knee issues), being on track for my health. 

It doesn't mean that I'm not grateful for my WLS or my surgery anniversary isn't important to me because it definitely is and I'll always be grateful.  To me, it shows me that my "todays" and what I have in my life now are special and important to me as well. 

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