Last Conversation

The last day of my mother's life, we had a conversation about health.  She told me not to end up like her, to follow my father's example.  Mom was overweight, ate what she wanted, never exercised, and died of heart disease at 69.  At the time, I was slightly overweight.
Flash forward ten years.  I've gotten fatter, I exercise all the time, I eat well and I eat junk, thus the weight gain.  My husband had a last conversation with me and I ended up sitting by his bedside writing a promise to him.  At the time neither he nor I knew he would lose his life.  It was just an idea I had that the greatest gift you can give anyone is the gift of health.  When you have your health it allows your family to enjoy your company.  It allows them to pursue the life they want.  It truly is a gift.  So in the final moments of my husband's life our final conversation was about health and how we would do everything we could to maintain our health.  I wrote the pledge and meant it. 
Imagine--two conversations with people about to meet God.  Each about the identical thing.  So now, I'm on the fifth day of Nutrasystem.  This time I will stick with it because I can picture Mom and my husband each talking to God about our last conversation.