Today is the day........
Brenda!!! WOW!!! one year already!!! CONGRATS!!!! you have done a marvelous job getting to where you are now!!!!! life is sooo much better since WLS!!!!
i also said the same thing when looking for clothes...where were all these BIG clothes when i needed them???? so glad i DON"T have to look for them anymore!!!!!
i also am blessed with so many new "family" members here on OFF!!! they have all been here for me each step of the way and then some!!!!!
again CONGRATS!!!!! have a wonderful day!!!
love and hugs
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Congratulation on your surgiversary Brenda! Sounds like you sure have had a wonderful year, peeling back the layers and finding YOU inside! That's the perfect gift, isn't it? I know I have not been here very long, but I am sure bouyed each day by the example you have set for me along your journey. My wish for you is more of the same joy you have experienced this year, and many more joys in the years ahead as you share your wonderful new you with the world!
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huggs,
Cara
Cara
When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself. - Natalie Portman
Thanks so much, Cara, for the wonderful words. I am so blessed and humbled by the people in my life. You have all helped me through this journey and I so appreciate it.
You may not have been here long but you too are going to have a wonderful and fulfilling journey. It is so great and it is like I have said before, I am so glad that this trip has a one way ticket because I never want to go back.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
What a journey!! What a woman!!!! 
Congratulations on a job being well done!!! 
With Love, Diane 
Thanks for your kind words and know that I am so grateful for you too. I am sending love and hugs dear one.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
You know, I think the reason there are so many large-sized clothes in the resale shops is there are so many of us putting there now. So many people are having this surgery and getting rid of their plus-size clothes in resale shops, and they weren't doing that before when we were big.
And I do the same thing ... I go to the women's department too ... then I look at the tag and say, well that's too big for me! And that's a great feeling.
Happy rebirthday, Brenda. Can't wait to see you this weekend.
I think you hit the nail on the head about the clothes. I got to talk with someone from freecycle and she had surgery too. Here she posts on another forum here at OH. We chatted for a long time and she lives right here in town.
I am so looking forward to seeing you this Friday. I love ya, big sis, just don't forget that.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
