Experiments in Life

M…what a wonderful letter it is. In fact, it may now be my favorite letter. The letter M makes many fabulous words, such as mother, mango, microbe, maroon…but more importantly, the word MEDIUM!!! Okay, let me explain. Yesterday I bought some new clothes, including some shirts. Well, normally I just go straight to the rack, find the shirt I like and pray that they have it in a large. At the store, I carried out my normal routine and then went and tried on the shirts. As I tried on each shirt, I thought “Hmmm, these look a little big. I wonder…”. Was it possible? Could I really do it? Should I try it? I was very unsure about trying on a medium. I didn’t want to be horribly disappointed if I put it on and it was too small. On the other hand, I had to give it a try because the next size up was way too baggy. I finally worked up the nerve and went and grabbed a couple of mediums. When I put them on, I couldn’t believe my eyes It fit. I could still stand to lose a few more pounds, but it fit…and it didn’t look too bad at all. So, no more automatically picking up a large shirt for me. So to the large shirts out there!

I’m very excited. Especially since I also wore a pair of pants yesterday that haven’t seen the light of day for a few years now. I think they actually sighed happily as they stepped out into the sunlight, for they had only known the darkness of the closet for some time now

Also, today I am wearing a bracelet that is very special to me. I’ve had this bracelet that my brother made for me many years ago. If my memory serves me, I believe I was gone to summer camp when he made it for me. Well, it’s a beautiful bracelet and I have always loved it. Unfortunately, I have been unable to wear it. You see, even when I first got it, it really didn’t fit No matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t fit it around my wrist without possibly breaking it. I played with restringing it on some stretchy string, but decided against that. It wouldn’t be the bracelet my brother made for me then, and he worked hard on it. I couldn’t bring myself it undo it. So, for the past decade or so, the bracelet has been in whatever jewlery box I had at the time. It’s laid there, lonely, but not forgotten. Over the years, I would take it out and try again, always to have to put it back in the box and hope for a day that I could wear it. And today, for some reason, I decided that it was time to try again. Well, I was very surprised and very happy to see that it did indeed fit around my wrist this time. I had finally lost enough weight to get it on. As Jon was fastening the clasp for me, tears started to form in the corner of my eyes. No one has known how long I have waited for this day, not even my brother.

So Stephen, if you’re reading this, thanks for the bracelet. It’s been a long time, but now I can wear it, and I’m going to wear it every chance I get. I bet you didn’t even remember it until now. And I’m sure you never knew how much it meant to me. Well, now you do. Thanks, from the bottom of my heart. I love you and miss you.

Good day everyone…

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