In a recent blog
post, my sweet
friend wrote about
stepping on the scale
for the first time
in a while, after
returning home from
spring break.
I can just imagine her,
fingers crossed,
eyes squeezed tight,
hoping that she'd either
lost some unexpected
pounds or hadn't taken
her eye off the ball
for too long and put
some on.
The numbers that
revealed themselves
to her were not, in fact,
a surprise, but the same
digits that her little body
always seems to gravitate
towards.
I have my own
number like that.
I call it my set point.
I've had my highs
and I've had my lows,
but invariably, this
is where my particular
body wants to be.
It's at ease there.
Happy.
As long as I am
mindful of my
eating and give it
plenty of exercise,
it hovers around that
comfortable number.
For many, many years,
my life has been like that,
with routines that involve
family, school and the
seasons.
Like a graph, it has also
had its ups, like vacations,
births and celebrations ~ and its
downs, such as illnesses, deaths
and worry, but eventually,
eventually
we found our equilibrium,
once more.
The straight line on
the graph.
The set point.
In the next month there
will be some lovely highs
on my graph, including
my daughter's senior prom,
my annual mother-daughter
trip with my mom, a houseful
of company for my girl's
graduation, as well as her
very own art show and
open house.
It's all
high high high
until I drop this first born
at college, a long, long
way from home, at the
end of August.
Then there will be just
three faces around our
table, instead of four.
If it is possible for a heart
to leap with the joy of
possibilities for someone,
yet cry at the same time,
that will be mine.
Over the coming year there
will be peaks and there will
be valleys.
And then, like my friend,
I will open my eyes and
I'll release those crossed
fingers, to be greeted by
our new normal.
Our new set point.
Because that's just how
life works, in its own
amazingly
beautiful
way.
xo
Suzanne
PS: I'll be back in June
to share all the high points,
{and lots and lots of photos}
and my thoughts, with you.
Hoping to still visit blogs,
despite the mayhem : )
PPS: I cherish each and
every reader who visits my
blog. Thank you, from the
bottom of my heart, for sharing
life's journey with me.
You are the best.
All images my own.

















