Honey, I Have Shrunk!
My Shrinking Waistline
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“Richard, we both know you are not good at shopping.”
“I am sure I am not as good as you are, but I think I can buy blue jeans.”
Twenty-two months since Jan died, I can hear her voice as clearly as I did the first time she spoke to me.
Two weeks after she died, I did go solo shopping and purchased two pairs of blue jeans.
They had a waist measurement of 38 and felt comfortable.
By the fall, they were too loose not to wear without a belt.
After a year, they looked like Jan was correct that I could not shop. The jeans hung loose and baggy.
Today, I purchased two new pairs of blue jeans on my own. This time my waist was 34!
They fit as if my body was poured into them. I can wear them without a belt!
By walking every day, I am aware I am approximately thirty-five pounds lighter, but I never knew my waist had shrunk from 38 to 34!
Would Jan recognize me today? I am confident she would because Jan’s spirit is still with me, as our love will never die!
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These Feet Were Made for Walking
On Friday, the temperature for my morning walk was 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Today was the polar opposite.
The reading on my Weather app was 5 Fahrenheit (-15 Celsius). With the wind, it felt like -13 Fahrenheit (-25 Celsius).
Yesterday, I walked 7.26 miles. Today I could only go 4.34 miles as nature, exacerbated by the cold, made an urgent call.
