Hey Tru...glad to hear the plan is coming along just fine. You deserve the expensive chocolates and the high end tea!
Keep us posted, sounds like things are moving along according to plan!
Cindy xxoo

O.K. Tru, whatever it is you got gimme some! lol

Celebrating your Rebirth!

Remember...just when the caterpillar thought its life was over...it became a beautiful BUTTERFLY!

Happy that you are spreading your wings :)

love,
Carla

I am so excited for you, kudos and congrats. -Pete-

I am with Pete ....sounds exciting and soo positive

You have a great attitude! Good luck, April 1 and that's no joke!

So happy for you, Tru. Keep up the good work on the new you.
Hugs, Joely

Hey Tru - keep a little of the ''old woman'' too - get rid of the dead skin cells - but keep you you!!!! A positive mental attitude can do wonders - and a plan of action gives us relief. Hey Tru ....I'm a friend....still have any Godiva???? Just checking. Are you sure that $20/an ounce tea is really tea??? ha ha ha ha. Enjoy. Vicki

What an inspiration you are! Rebirth is a wonderful thing.

I wanna week like that; I need a week like that. Sign me up!!! TJ

I'm only at three and a half months, so you are an inspiration to me...gives me hope I might be able to feel that way in the future. Thanks for sharing.

Tru, maybe you can explain how removing your wedding ring is a joyous experience? I know some move forward as they say; and all of that is personal. I do not mean disrespect to you here; I just need to know how one gets joy from removing something so precious as your ring. I am a long way from the one year mark and I can not see being out in public, especially with my children, not wearing my ring. Maybe I am afraid people will think I have 5 out of wedlock kids, or I am divorced. I don't think I want that.

I do wish you the best in coming to terms with yourself.

Maggie

congrats on your rebirth!!!! I have a little suggestion for your wedding rings, what I did with mine, I brought it to my jeweler, and my ring fit inside of his and he bent them heart shaped. and I wear the beautiful shaped heart on a chain. he attached both rings together. and you still could read the subscription in my ring. it said Love Jon . It was beautiful ! and of course I cried.

Maggie, I understand what you mean by taking your ring off. If I had young children, I would keep my ring on, too. But I don't. Anyhow, about my rebirth, and why taking off the ring can be a joyous experience.

I call this my rebirth day because I've decided to embrace my new life. It is not the life I wanted, but nevertheless I'm here and must accept it. I refuse to spend my life in sadness, so I choose joy instead. I find that happiness is a choice. I can spend my life thinking of all that I have lost. Or I can spend my life seeing all that I have gained: I have a stepdaughter a wonderful son-in-law, and two beautiful grandkids. They are blessing in my life and unexpected as I never had children(by choice). I see joy in these things and realize how spectacularly blessed I am.

I have a job that was provided to me by God in a most unexpected way.

I have a 83 year old father. We don't always see eye to eye, but I love him and am blessed to have him in my life.

I have a bird who tells me to be a good bird each day I go off to work.

I have a dog that I call my God-dog because he was my gift to my father, but I'm responsible financially. This little dog loves me to pieces and always greets me with a wagging tail and eyes that tell me he is happy to see me.

So much happiness and there for me to take, yet for one year I was not capable of seeing past my grief. Instead, I spent that year trying to capture happiness, but it was elusive.

God provides a way to happiness. It's a vision statement. Oprah tells us to write what we want on a board and read it everyday. There's a book out there called Wishcraft that says the same thing.

So, my vision statement is to be happy on April 1. To take off my ring and embrace the new life. The new me. The rebirthed me. I am a woman reborn on April 1st.

Tru, Thanks for taking time to explain your rebirth to me. I appreciate your views. In my case, I define this journer as "keeping". I keep Mike very close to me. I keep his children from harm, and I keep his/our business going. I accept what has happened, but I think I will always be the same Maggie. I wish you well tomorrow and I wish you to find whatever it is that you are looking for. Thanks again.

Maggie