Semper Fi

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My eldest grandson is a Marine. He has begun his second year this July.

All day, I think of him. I wish he was close so I can hug him. I know he needed to grow up. I could not do what he did. I could not go through basic training.

Today is a year after my brother Gary succumbed to cancer at 3:18 in the morning. I have thought of him all day. I think oh yeah, almost home, going past where he learned to drive and was tested for his driver's license with me as his sponsor. I was five years older than Gary. His wife lived a good life with their three children and my brother and two jobs before he learned that he had cancer. Gary's cancer was in him so long and so deeply in his tissues and systems that there was no marker where it started. God was faithful to Gary and kept him going five years beyond when the cancer must have begun.

What a day. To be every faithful to those we love. A day of rain, a day of discussion with my youngest grandson about his week.

I picked up my youngest grandson from the Christian Camp Aldersgate in N Scituate RI. It is a great camp where children and teens learn what it means to be ever faithful to God. How Jesus Christ came for them. How the Holy Spirit works in them to show others their faith.

A day of talking and having fun at a steak restaurant where we shared a meal. He ate the majority of it. He and I were posting things on Instagram and Facebook before the meal came. It was a beautiful filet mignon cooked just right to melt in our mouth.

I looked at the salads and reminded myself that there was plenty of salad ingredients at my home. I needed to get my protein in and a filet is the best for me.

As I think of the journey that I am traveling since having weight loss surgery, I wonder can I be ever faithful? Or do I stray? How do I make sure I am following the path that I need to follow? I make sure that I take my vitamins and supplements. I make sure that I get my protein and water in. I do what I can by walking.

How do you solve the issue of your faith in yourself? Do you let your food addiction control you? Do you believe in yourself enough to be ever faithful? How have you changed? Are you pre-surgery or post surgery? What do you believe to be the one thing that you need to overcome to be faithful?

Please say what you want to say in the comments below. Thanks for your attention.

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