What the What?

My littlest nephew says that (I don't know how often, really, I prompt it as often as possible!). It's adorable and funny and that guy will think about it when he knows he's going to make you laugh... and I love laughing with him.

I miss them today, a lot. My family so far away. The littlest nephew and the two not as little nephs, my niece who is about to be 7. 7! YIKES! I'm reminding myself today that all of the little challenges and triumphs are for them today as much as for me.

I'm the one choosing to lose weight, I'm the one feeling God's conviction to return to healthy living. I want to have a future filled with good health and longevity. But I also want to run around with those 4 kids. Walk around zoo's and playing ball in my parents backyard with them. Not getting winded quite so easily. I think about the possibility of meeting "that guy" and having kids in our future. I want to be a fun mom, a run around and play mom... that's not me now.

Today I put on a pair of jeans. Jeans I bought right before going home for Christmas. Jeans that were a little snug at Christmas and over the next few months as my weight crept up, they became jeans that didn't fit.... Today I'm wearing them to work. And they're looser than they were at Christmas. One more step, one more little success, one more sweet hurrah; one more moment of realization that I can be that person I want to be.

What the What? is your moment today?