Well on 29 July my wife and I will have a major celebration.  We will have been married for 15 wonderful years and it will be my 2 year anniversery of my amputation.   Haven't decided yet how we are going to celebrate but we are going to. 

I am particularily a blessed person that I have such a wonderful woman that not only stands behind me to help hold me up at times but stands beside me as an equal (did I say that right love?)  No matter what I have put her through she stands by me.  Knowing some of the women I dated before her, she truly stands out by no small margin.

I have also come to a sort of epiphany recently.  Most of you may just roll your eyes at me but others will just smile and say "it  is about time".  I totally feel now that I have come to complete terms with being an amputee.  Not just the fact that I have a prosthesis, but that it is part of who I am now.  I accept that now.  And if you really want the truth I am now happy with it.  Don't get me wrong I like others wish it had never happened, but oh well it did.  Life is too dang precious to get hung up on this stuff.

I am having just as much if not more fun now as I ever did before the amputation.  This experience was truly a life changer and eye opener, and I accept it and that which comes with it.

Before I get too far into speach making I also wanted to give everyone an update on my weightloss.  Since my lapband surgery in October of 2008 I have lost nearly 85 pounds.  WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!  Pardon me while I do the happy happy joy dance.

You are all my friends and I love each and every one of you.  Big Bear Hugs to all.