It’s Valentine’s Day 2019 and love and chocolate are in the air.

Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection.  I love my husband, I love my daughter, I love my grandkids.  I love my country.  I love the Pacific Ocean.  I love my Weight Loss Surgery tool.

Is that weird?  Can we love inanimate objects?  Well, it doesn’t matter because whether we can or not- I do.  I LOVE my Weight Loss Surgery tool.  Let me count the ways:

• I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, climbing off that stepstool after getting down that box of Girl Scout cookies and handing it to my husband to “dispose of” as he sees fit
• I love thee to the level of every day’s most quiet need for satisfying protein
• I love thee freely, as men strive for right together we strive for success
• I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my new found life for you have been instrumental in my ability to reclaim my life.
• With most of 15 years past, I shall but love thee better each day.

OK, silly?  Maybe.  Authentic?  Perhaps.  I am grateful each and every day for my Weight Loss Surgery tool, the surgeon who implanted it, and all of the people who I have met on this amazing journey to health and well being with the implanting of a “simple medical device”.

On this Valentine’s Day 2019 I send you all my love - “an intense feeling of deep affection”

I found the perfect gift for you this Valentine’s Day.  Get a basket of giant strawberries…  nope, that’s not it.  Instead, I challenge each of you to find something besides high calorie, high fat, and high sugar chocolate to express your love.  Share your V-Day treat and help a sister out.

Happy Valentine’s Day and Good Health to ALL!