The Life I Chose to live

    So I've only been on the new medication for a week now, but so far I have noticed less cravings. I didn't even crave chocolate or sweets when mother nature decided to visit. After realizing this I decided to do a quick weigh in just to see if I seen any results.. even a small one. TWO pounds gone.      I didn't expect to see any loss. But I'll take it!

                                       Okay, so I'll admit that lately the lack of a relationship with my parents has been weighing heavily on me. I look at my kiddos and see all the joy and happiness they bring me and wonder how can any parent not want that with their own flesh and blood... or with any child they lay claim to? My kids are the very reason I live and breath. While yes, there are plenty of times they cause what seems like and incurable migraine, they bring me so many happy moments as well.     I never got the feeling that I made either of my parents happy at any point. My father raised 3 children that were not his and didn't even meet me until I was 12. Then he didn't return until I was 17. Sad to say our moral values didn't align and that relationship was short lived. My mother raised me, mostly, but we never had a connection either. In fact most of my life I fel...