Happy New Year 2015!!!

     It's going to be an Amazing year; filled with "unbelievable blessings"..."uniqueness in 

perspective of what things appear to be and what things are presumed to be"... 

"coolness"... and an unbelievable testament to family, love and faith....  Bring it on!  

     Hopefully refreshening news of better health predictions in the directions I need to go but I enter this New Year with an open heart and a smile on my face!   I'm extremely blessed to be on this Journey in Faith with all my family and friends that are remarkably supportive to me.  Thank you.   

     3 years ago on this very Eve I was counting the hours & days.... 

217 until my first ever Triathlon in August of 2012!  An Iron Girl Triathlon.

600 meter swim, 30k bike & 5K run.

An incredible experience that I wasn't letting anything stop me from getting!  ANYTHING!  

I was on the right path.  For the first time in my life, I wanted nothing more to be healthy!  

     I'd say I almost became an obsessed, crazy woman!  But really, it was the adrenaline 

that takes over for the fear of the unknown.  Unbelievable Faith in knowing I could and would do it too!

     The month of January I was in Zumba class 3 to 4 times a week... swimming 2 times a week 

and had never run more than a mile since high school.  So now I was trying to 

get a mile in without having to stop and take a breath or cough out a lung or die of a heart attack.    

In between all of that I was also working out at the gym 3 to 5 times a week with weight training 

and cardio.  Yes a little over the top!  I'd do anything to be able to get that back.... 

     I couldn't get enough of Zumba!  Friends actually kidded me and said it was a cult.  My true love was REFIT®.  I had discovered them on youtube.  I'm a REFIT® instructor still waiting patiently to get this Revolution started in Western New York!

I continued on with that pace into the beginning of March.  I had signed up to run my first 10K Shamrock Run in Buffalo on March 3rd.  Honestly, I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason.  Well it was a sign... 60 mile an hour gusts of wind, snow and honestly I had my first physical sign that maybe I should start slowing it down a bit and just swim and Zumba a while.  I went to Urgent Care on the 4th; get ready for this possible kidney stones because of the location on my lower back that it was located.

I really did take it easy.  After a while I started running again, along with Zumba & swimming.  April and May.  I kept a diary of everything I did right down to what I ate, how much I weighted daily and my calorie consumption and by this time I actually had started riding my bike.  I was getting anywhere between 5 to 10 miles every other day.  That my be a later blog ~ the insane schedule I followed but it worked!

I've had a few absolutely memorable Mother's days in my life since becoming a Mom that I will NEVER forget!  My first; my Peter being born the Friday before, the third Mother's day when Peter actually called me Mom for the first time when he was 3. (He had less than 1% expressive language until he was almost 3 when we had his tongue clipped and adenoids removed; now my boy hasn't stopped talking since!) The third time ~ May 12th, 2012 ~ Saturday.

This is where life has dramatically changed me to be always looking for "A Rainbow in my Cloud".  Shhhh..... it's kind of hard to talk about ~ NOT!  Sorry, not in this day and age.  It's called Pelvic Prolapse and it afflicts over 3 million women in the United States.

Honestly the biggest question I got was ~ "Well you were exercising too much, or lifting?  That's what did it."
I had so much guilt that I thought I had done this to myself but guess what: It can happen to anyone (men too!).  After the initial shock wore off which didn't really happen until my first surgery June 1st, was in the books.

I was determined whether I walked the entire triathlon or not to at least start it and maybe finish it.
I left it in God's hands.  My complete trust ... everything.... I kept repeating in my head "She is Strong & Courageous" Deuteronomy 31:6.

Most of you know me... I did it and I am an Iron Girl Triathlete but I've decided this blog is too long & I'm done for another time.   

My platform in life as significantly changed.  I am outspoken about my issues; it's not something to be ashamed about.  It is what it is and we as a family are dealing with it as best as we can.
For now I just wanted to write a little bit tonight; I'm still learning how to blog.  Not very good either but oh well.  It's surprisingly therapeutic and costs less than therapy.

Everyday is a new day.  When you wake up, get up and keep repeating that to yourself,  "Everyday is a New day"!  You might be in pain, but it could be a new kind of pain today, or 1% less than what it was the day before.  I truly believe and I trust wholeheartedly that God is working in my life and wants me to share my trials and tribulations at this point.  This could be the closest I ever get to writing a book!  LOL!

Thanks for reading my blog and especially for all of you being ~ A Rainbow in my Cloud!

Blessings, Pamela