While I was Away

I know I've been away for a couple of weeks.  I'm still recovering from whatever this bug is that's going around.  I also lost someone very close to me, and it still hasn't really sunk in.  Every day I keep thinking that this person is going to call, and that it will have been a horrid April Fool's joke...but I know it's not.  This person was my aunt.  Not by blood (we're cousins), but I consider her my aunt.  She had done so much and had been such a huge supporter of everything I ever did.  We had planned to take a trip together over summer like we did--oh it'd have to be about 10 years ago now.  If there is something I have learned from her passing, it is to really step up and take care of myself.  While I do not have (and hope to never have) diabetes, it does run in our family.  So does heart disease and cancer (thanks genetics), and she passed from diabetic complications.  For those of you out there who are diabetic and do not manage it, please do.  The outcome is not worth it!  Your life means something to someone, and if you are too lazy or just plain don't care, it's very selfish.  I'm not saying that my aunt didn't take care of herself on purpose or that she planned this, because she didn't.  I am saying that if you have any sort of health problems, make sure to stay on top of it.  See the doctor(s) regularly and tell them EVERYTHING, even if you think it's insignificant. 

Sorry for the rant.  I realized that I was probably not making sense anymore and needed to stop.  At any rate, I am back now, and will have a couple of posts per day to make up for the past couple of weeks.

Stay beautiful!