1 : a stone serving as a milepost 2 : a significant point in development.
Several weeks ago, the doctor I work for (also the one helping me along this journey) gave me a card, just a plain 3x5 index card. He had written on one side "Long, Slow, Distance", then on the other side he told me to write the follow; things that make me happy, keep me busy, calm me down, and take my mind off food.One of the things on above said list is scrap-booking, and since I haven't scrap-booked in a very long time, I have been perusing scrapbook websites (as you can see from all the buttons over there )to get ideas and inspiration. An album idea that caught my attention was Capturing Milestones. Now, they meant it as your wedding or baby’s first steps, or first day of school, buying a house & so forth. But I realized today that I have hit several milestones since May 17, 2009 (date I started journey).
So here it goes … I’m documenting my biggest milestone to date! Yesterday, when I stepped out of the shower and dried off, I heard feet coming down the hallway to my room and since there isn’t a real door from the bedroom portion into the bathroom portion of my bedroom I quickly wrapped the towel around me. And guess what … it wrapped all the way around and I was able to tuck the corner in. It completely covered me! I stood there, looking in the mirror and then looking down at my covered self and back in the mirror again. I couldn’t believe it; I was so excited, that later last night I did again. I stripped down and wrapped the towel around me, just to make sure I wasn’t imagining what had happened earlier. I can't remember how long it's been since an ordinary bath towel could cover my whole self!
“Long, Slow, Distance” means patience … a trait that I do not have, (and anyone who knows me is nodding their head right now). So I count the little stepping stones that get me to a milestone that will eventually, someday lead me on a different journey.
It's the little things that count!
