I Apologize

To anyone who has been following this blog and has been looking to me as their motivation and inspiration, I apologize.  I apologize for all but abandoning this blog, AND for dropping the ball, falling off the wagon, quitting the fight (however you want to say it).  There is no other way to say this except to be honest, I have been battling with some pretty significant depression and writing in this blog either wasn't or just couldn't be a priority.  It's not that I've totally "let myself go" and am not monitoring my diet anymore, I am.  I just didn't have it in me to write about it.
Anyway, I went on a retreat this past weekend and the theme of the weekend was "Alive Again".  I left a lot of baggage back at that retreat house and I'm feeling really good again.  I've attached a video of one of the songs that was played this past weekend on the retreat.  There is a line at the very end of the song that says: "This is the first. day. of the rest of your life!"  Today is that day.  I'm picking up and moving forward with joy and hope (and hopefully a lot less fat in the months to come :-)!!