Monopoly
[an aside: I tried
writing this post from the hospital a few days ago, but was unable to complete
the post. Hence the post being "titled" only for a few days….]
Remember the Monopoly
games of our youth? Remember the "get out of jail free" card? It was
always a good one to have.
Now try and imagine
an inmate playing monopoly with the prison head, and on drawing the "get
out of jail free" card, he is informed by the jailer that he can leave the
prison for good. Wouldn't he be ecstatic?
Sometimes I feel
that I have drawn the "get out of jail free" card in my life.
Overweight was limiting me in so many ways that I can hardly count them. Some I
was not really aware of until the weight came off and I experienced life
without all that extra poundage….
Here are just a few that recently came to
mind:
-the ability to ride a bike in the park
-hospital gowns that fit and wrap around and cover the back
of you as well as the front
-hospital staff who see you as a person, not just as a BMI
of 50+
-being able to run to catch a bus
These are just a
few things. But I really feel that I've left the jail of my own making…..
4 comments:
I hope you are doing well!
B"H, and how's Ricki?
I remember walking down the stairs of Ir David the year after losing weight and wondering why I wasn't in pain.
Ricki is thank G-d fine....
Thank you for your post. I am not sure I have ever thought of it that way. Your blog inspires me in many ways. Learning about Ricki, but also knowing that I need to follow the same path that you have and LOSE THE WEIGHT!
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