WOW! What a DEAD board.......

I cannot believe my eyes.  I am shocked at the way this board has DIED! No wonder it's happened.  Goodness, nearly every person I made friends with here has screwed someone over and over and OVER again.  This once was a wonderful, thriving, zealous, board full of wonderful love, support and friendship. We had get togethers as least once a month and some areas more often than others.  It's such a shame how scandalous and conniving some people can be.  I am so glad I have the true love of Jesus in MY heart and not out to get "anyone" for "anything".  It's a shame the way people take others for granted.  I truly miss the (what I thought at the time) love and support others had to offer and I thought I had a lot to offer in the way of support as well, being so far out as I was/am.  I still consider myself a 100% success in my gastric bypass nearly 9 years ago.  I am also sorry that I gave so much time to people that truly were not who they projected themselves to be in any shape form or fashion.  To those of you that are newcomers, I hope that you find the love and support you need.  God be with you all.

Elle

Elle I really miss the dinners and social functions we used to have.  I have tried to get dinners together and people will say they will be there or either say maybe and then not show.  I have just given up.   Maybe one day all of this can be forgotten and we can go back to the love and support that we used to have and show.  I was so hoping we could do the reunion this year but it does not look possible. 

Oh Louise, I do hope so.  The reunions were always the highlight of our year. Those were the special times I will never forget.  When people can learn to act right and not take people for granted and just be themselves instead of someone they think others want them to be, then this world will be a much better place. I think we have all grown older and wiser during this process and hope everyone can admit their mistakes and learn from them and those of others.  There's nothing like a fool, than an OLD FOOL.  We must live, learn and forget and for some of us that's near impossible, but it can be done by the grace of God.  With God, ALL things are possible.

Elle

I have not given up on the reunion.  Maybe late summer or early fall while it is still warm and sunny.   Maybe we can all get together the middle of summer. 

 No fool like an old fool chiming in.  I love the people I met on the old Bama Board.  And I loved the few get togethers I was able to attend.  I live on a very tight budget and when things are planned at the end of the month--well as the saying goes there is just to much month at the end of the money for us.  

We made the decision a while back to be a one vehicle family.  I did not renew the lease on my car in part because of the expense and secondly because it was difficult for me to get in and out of the low thing because of my RA!  I found it easier to drive Bob's truck.  So I do not go off for the entire weekend like before.  I will make day trips so if we can get one planned for a weekend close to the first of the month--I would love to see everyone again.

I will soon be 10 years post op VBG.  I have maintained my loss which is almost unheard of! I am proud of my success and want to shout it from the roof top some days.  My overall health is not great these days BUT it has NOTHING to do with my WLS.  

I have stage 2 kidney disease which runs in my family.  I am learning to deal with it as best as I can.  That is why in some photos I appear swollen and just a few days later I do not.  

Lets get back to the way we were.

Elle
It has been dead a long time . I was thinking the same thing way back at how all the oldies (not in age ) :) had left the board .
I guess people get a new life when they are done with their journey in the weight loss and move on.
I think this may fall under "People who come into your life for just a season".
Sad but true ....
Have a blessed weekend
Shirley

Oh, Louise, Gwen and ShirleyG.  I love you ALL.  I am so fortunate to have gotten to become friends with you.  Gwen, I find it hard to drive in traffic, much less high traffic areas, therefore I don't travel much al all anymore. I let Kyle do all they driving these days and I would LOVE to see you and Bob again, sometime.  Louise, you too, especially if you are traveling through Tuscaloosa.

oh elle, i've missed you! when i popped back in a few weeks ago, i was shocked at how dead the board was. i have no idea what happened, having been gone for several months; however, i do hope it can recover. i'll admit, i've gained about 15-16 pounds over the past year, due to issues with my mother, but i'm trying really hard to keep it under control. *hugs* :) love ya! Donya

Like I said in a previous post....it's SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!! I know exactly what my weight gain was from.  Kyle and I were going to have a special 25th wedding anniversary....repeating our vowes, in CHURCH.  We'd never had a real wedding in a church before with a real Pastor. (we eloped on the beach in PCB)
We wanted a small, intimate wedding ceremony, dressed all up and everything.  I had fully intended to wear the formal champagne colored dress I wore in Holly's wedding.....ugh....it fit everywhere except in the waist.  I was mortified. I weighed less then than when she got married.  I was so distraught over it, that I began to eat everything in sight and I didn't give a care either.  That was in January....our anniversary was March 17th.  Honestly, I wanted to wear a silver tea length dress and could not find ANYTHING like I wanted....then one day, I saw a dress than Karen Templeton White posted of herself on FB.  Oh my go**** was the dress I'd been looking for.  It was everything I wanted and more. Jokingly, I said to her that it was the dress I'd been looking for for our 25th Anniversary.  She was so kind to offer to loan it to me and I was thrilled.  She told me she would be HONORED for me to wear it and I felt like a princess in the dress.  It was SO PERFECT beyond belief.  It matched Kyle's suit perfectly too. Karen and her dress was an answer to prayer.  You see, that's just how God works.  A lady out our church made a small two tiered wedding cake for us as a gift to us.  I got shoes off of "freecycle.com" and lo and behold, it was from a lady that lives just around the corner from us and we'd bought a car from her 2 years ago.  And YES, they matched the dress PERFECTLY as well.  I could go on and on how God worked out our day to be just the most special "wedding" day ever.  We had no rehearsal and everything fell right into place.  My childhood pastor did the renewal of vowes ceremony and our pastor at our church now did communion.  It was very very small, intimate and oh so very special. I could not ask for more.  I think Kyle enjoyed it just as much as I did.  So, Donya....that is how I got the extra baggage on......and now I've got to get it all back off plus a few more if I can.  Anyways....I hope we can keep in touch and I look forward to hearing more from you.

Elle 

elle, that's such a wonderful story! i wish mine was as touching, lol. my mom is suffering from mental health issues, and has had a few episodes requiring hospitalization over the past 14-15 months. it's been REALLY hard, but she seems to be doing better now, PRAISE GOD! i've let some very bad habits creep back up on me, and i've GOT to get rid of them again! now that the weather is warm, i need to get out and walk, and make some time to take care of myself!

love ya!
Donya

p.s. if anyone gets a gathering in the works, let me know! i want to be there!