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Life Doesn't End With 50!
Heaven's to bitsy .... Ummmm ... NO!
Heaven's to bitsy .... Ummmm ... NO!
"24Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain. 25And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: 27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway." 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 AKJV
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I married a 7 yr. younger man. Why not? I looked his age. -
I never want to go there again! Feeling unlovable, unattractive, unhappy. -
I was 250 lbs. when it all began. -
I lost the weight and began to feel alive again! -
Sometimes I don't act my age... I work with preschoolers. Why NOT? -
I can play the filter game too. I just look 100xs better!
I married a 7 yr. younger man. Why not? I looked his age.
Hello,
My name is Sam and I've started this incredible journey... again. Eleven... wow, has it actually been that long... years ago, I found myself at a whopping 250 lbs. I am only 5'3/4" tall, so carrying all the weight didn't leave me feeling attractive, well, healthy or happy. After the birth of my third child, and the day after her 1 year birthday, I decided to do something about it. I did. I began running and lost the weight. In the midst of homeschooling my children, I worked out regularly, ate healthy, and stayed active.
Also during that time, I ran a family day care from my home. It seemed I was always doting on children and my spouse, I forgot to care for my emotional health. I was lonely, tired and after seven years of no adult interaction, working with kids all day, and virtual seclusion, I was ready to get outside the walls of my home.
In 2014 I entered the public workforce, and my children entered public school. This was a huge transition for me and my family because we had been pretty secluded from the secular world. All of which may not make a whole lot of sense to the rest of the world... in Laymen's terms, it was like living on another planet and the only shuttle to the proverbial earth was my ever unreliable mini-van. Stepping back into life was definitely an adjustment for all of us. I would compare the transition much like trying to fit a square into a round hole.
While working outside the home, and being in the public sector, my children became involved in sports and the business of our new lives changed us. Our outlook isn't quite the same as it once was, and I feel a pull of sorts... much like tug-of-war... from our previous lives. All we had learned, believed, and given of ourselves seemingly faded into the background. I don't like this transition as my children and I become more 'worldly'. I'm not happy with the changes I've seen in my health, I don't eat like I'm suppose to, exercise like I once did, nor am I as active as I once was. All of that is about to change.
Not sure where this journey is going to take me, all I know is I want to arrive HAPPY and GRATEFUL to be ALIVE! I feel I've squandered my time with my spouse and children. I'm 50 years old now... EXCUSE ME... 50 YEARS YOUNG... but I'm not throwing in the towel YET!
I'd like to share some more adventures with you if you'll let me. I have changed this site several times because I wasn't quite sure where I was going with it. Now I feel I have a grasp of what I want to do, and I'm going to share my ups and downs, challenges and changes with YOU my loyal followers.
God bless,
Sam