We are all beautiful--before and after surgery

Dear friends, As I walked through the commercial building at the county fair this past weekend, a health care company approached me and asked me if I wanted to have my vitals checked. My first reaction--why? do I look like I desperately need them checked??? Then I calmed down. My blood pressure was good. Then they asked if I had ever had my spine balance checked, huh? She said it checks if you are balanced on the left and right side of your body which can affect back pain. So she takes me over to this step which is made of two scales, one for each foot. You step onto them and they check to see how closely each side matches in pounds. Surrounded by dozens of people going in and out of the building I looked at the nice young lady and said, "you must be crazy if you think I am getting on a scale in public." Scales like these (regular store-bought ones) don't even go past 250 or 300, and I weigh almost 350. She said that it was ok, that would not be a problem. I felt the shame swelling up inside me. For some strange reason, I told her that in 3 weeks I was having gastric bypass surgery. This was her exact verbatim response and I will never forget how serious she was when she said it: "You are a beautiful woman right now, this very moment. You need to know that." I wanted to hug her...so I did. Well, I stepped on the scales and I am 10 pounds heavier on my left side, which makes sense because I carry my purse on the left shoulder and you tend to shift weight more to one side. But I left that little exam with some far greater information. I am beautiful today and I will be tomorrow and I will be after my surgery too. God bless all of you beautiful men and women in this message board. Cynthia Sirk

Cynthia, That is beautiful!!!! Praise God! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks so much for sharing this with us! Love you! Cindy

Cynthia, what a beautiful thing for her to say!!! Just goes to show that God can and will speak through anyone. Have a great night. Shel

Ahhhh, how sweet. Angels appear in the most unexpected places. Blessings, Sally

Yea!! God doesn't make junk!! I may have been 300 pounds but I used to tell people I had to be big to hold my big heart!! I just had to be bigger to hold all the love inside.. Now I just tell them I had it compressed and organized...to fit more in!! Linda Down 75 lbs!!

What a wonderful thing for someone to say. Especialy to people who arn't used to hearing things like that. How beautiful! God bless, Annette