Another New Adventure

OK – I thought learning to cut Dave’s hair was an adventure. In retrospect, it was not nearly as much of an adventure as HIM learning to cut my hair! Start with the fact that he is such a perfectionist. It wasn’t quite cutting one hair at a time – but it was close. Then there is the problem of one side is a little shorter than the other side – and we have to even it out – only the second side ends up a little shorter than the first side – so we have to even THAT out – well, you can see how easy it would be for me to be bald before the night was over. But he persevered, and I made it through the hair pulling (totally by accident, of course) – and voila – I have my new haircut. And to Dave’s credit – he did a great job. In fact, I was leaving a store yesterday, and someone stopped me and told me that she LOVED my hair. I just smiled and said, “Thank you.”

My Mom gave me a bag of clothes the last time I was up there. In it was a skirt and top she thought I could wear. I was a little nervous about trying it on – it is basically a straight skirt – and I have always had such big hips that I’m much more comfortable with an A-line – or fuller skirt. I don’t look so much at sizes anymore – I just try things on and if they don’t look good, I move on. Well, I tried this on – and it fit perfectly. I wore yesterday to church, and today to work. After I took it off yesterday afternoon – I looked at the size. Both pieces are a 14/16! WHOOHOO! I had no idea.

I have been in a holding pattern for the last week or so, and this means I probably won’t reach 200 pounds before my surgiversary (on February 24). But that is part of the process, so I am really OK with that.

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” (Colossians 3:12)

Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.” Isn’t that true? This scripture from Colossians is easy to understand – but so hard to put into practice. This is my prayer for today – to worry more about the clothes God wants me to wear – of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience – and less about the clothes on my body!