I can’t believe how much my husband and I are alike. I thought I’d surprise him and send him a missing you card. If the mail is running like it is suppose to, he should get it today. Our mail just came, wouldn’t you know it, he sent me a missing you card. The same kind and brand of card. It sure made me smile. He is the light of my life.

I guess this really isn’t a weight loss post today. I was divorced for over 25 years when I met him. Raised four kids alone, working two..sometimes three jobs never once receiving child support from the dead beat dad. Needless to say, I was rather cynical as far as men go.

I figured I’d never remarry…and that was fine with me. My kids were all raised and gone by then and I was down to only working one job. Actually loving this new found freedom. It was like my second childhood. I felt like a kid in a candy store.

My youngest son had gone to the Navy and decided a computer was what I needed to take up my spare time. He brought one home when he was on leave in 1998. Of course, I was totally afraid of the thing. I learned how to play euchre on it…..that was it.

When he came home again to visit…he asked if I had meet any nice people on the net. I told him..you have to be kidding…I’m too shy. He just jumped in a chat room under my name and started talking. He then said, sit down and get talking. Since that time, I have gone to many chat meets and met so many of these people from the room I call “home” on here. Most are even nicer in person.

Anyway, to make a long story short…I met my husband on here. This July will be our 6th anniversay. It had to be God and that little guardian angel of mine that talked me into meeting him one on one. I can remember my girlfriends saying…OMG…he could be an ax killer. I just laughed and said…how does he know, maybe I am an ax killer. (A woman’s tools: hammer, screwdriver and duct tape) Needless to say, he’s the best thing that ever happened in my life. My kids even think he is great….that’s really saying something because my only daughter is so protective of me. She never thought anyone was good enough for me. (kind of reminds me of my way of thinking about her when she was younger).

The only sad thing is we have gained weight. I went from a size 10 to a size 22. (I’m down to 18/20) He’s gone from a 34 inch waist to a 38. I’m trying to get him to get on this weight loss band wagon too…not with much success. He says he is trying but continues to keep tons of snacks around his chair in the living room. When those all disappear…I’ll know he is serious. Until then, I just keep encouraging him and fixing healthy meals.