INTRO...

So I decided to blog/post after all.  Let me begin by saying I am a mother with a Special Needs child on the Autism Spectrum - Dx with PDD-NOS.  I am also a student.  And I hit the big 4-0 several months ago!

Since being Dx with diabetes last year, I been on a weight loss/ change of eating habits/ altering life-style plan.  To date, I lost almost 50 pounds and have kept the weight off over a year!  I started small first with the grocery shopping and then a few exercise classes - from Ballys to Yoga to Zumba.  (Changing my grocery list was easier than the exercise classes.)

Anyway, I was suppose to start this blog as part of one of my Communications classes but did not know what to write about.  If you knew me then you would know I can talk about a variety of subjects, endlessly.

Therefore I decided,  "well just be myself".  I found writing/exchanging e-mails with a few friends of mine is just as cathartic as reading a good book.  Except you know someone is actually reading your stuff and perhaps you'll get some feedback.

 Will not complain about my life - besides I can be doing much worst...

And just like Oprah says "I don't know everything but what I do know for sure" - is having children has changed my LIFE and for the better.  Had I known that having children would make my life so FULFILLING I would not have waited til I was in my 30s!  They made me whole and complete, helped me to define myself, deal with ignorant people, and be humble and grateful!...

I surround myself with positive people and positive things as much as humanly possible in this crazy world.

I often find myself helping people, encouraging them and sometimes just lending them an ear or shoulder to cry on...Don't we ALL need that?!...