Epiphany

I am 24 years old

I weigh about 155lbs given the holiday coming up

I am 5'8"

I run 2 miles every other day

I played basketball, baseball, softball, and ran track and cross country all though middle and high school

According to the Army and my doctors, I am in good shape

My good cholesteral is high

My bad cholesteral is low

The sugar in my blood is where it should be

Since the time that I stopped growing, I have been over weight once for a two year period

Even in that period of time, my body fat was with in the healthy range

The heart conditions that I may have, I was born with and is not a product of what I have done to myself

I do not smoke

I do not drink

I do not have sex

... and guess what

I still have jiggly parts

...you know what else?

My fiancee still loves me


...moral?

There is no reason I should not have, or even love my jiggly parts


...thank you.

A Story for the Grandchildren

Very exciting St Patty's day. Aside for walking for miles in 3 inches heels with the guys in Denver, it's what happened that morning in the Springs that made it all worth it.

I was going back to Kentucky on Monday. St. Patty's was on Saturday and I wanted to hang out at my old elementary school play ground. It has changed quite a bit since I was little. The wooden play ground is gone and replaced by, what I am sure is safer, plastic. Not as cool but kids now-a-days are no where near as daring as I was. Anyway there are a couple new playground areas, and for some reason, several tires in the ground. But the one place that is still there are the bars. The bars of varying levels that I use to swing on as a kid.

Ryan and I met there back in 1989. We were 6 or 7 at the time. He was falling off of things on purpose and was asking me to tell him how fast he was falling. While this only lasted for a little awhile it was something I always remembered.

This is also where everything changed.

Ryan and I were planning to go back to those bars before we headed back to Denver to hang out with the guys for the evening. His parents went to the store for groceries and said that we would be going to brunch when they get back. I was afraid that we would not get to go to the playground, but Ryan assured me that we would going. He kept that promise.

We played on the new plastic playground where the wooden playground once stood. But just to the right were the bars. I had brought a sweater so I could should Ryan how I use to flip on them as a kid, and show him exactly where we had our first conversation. Little did I know what was about to happen.

I was scaling the bars to the highest one I could. As I was on the middle bar, making my way up and I glanced at the school to see people walking towards us. One had a vase of white flowers, which I found out later were lilies, and the other had what looked like a silver shoe box. As they came closer I saw that it was Ryan's parents. Not really thinking I was still climbing and said, "Whats going on?" Ryan helped me hop down safely and then turned to his dad who handed him a little black box out of pocket.

The words that Ryan said next vary from the different times that people ask how he did it. What he basically said was, "Katie I love you with all of my heart and you have made me the happiest that I have ever been in my life, so...Kathleen Ann Lewis will you marry me?" I was shocked, and did not have a clue this was going to happen. I of course said yes, and quickly had a question in return. "Do my parents know?" To which he responded, "They have known for weeks."

This whole time his parents are snapping pictures, and that I am very grateful for. This was a day I wont forget but now I have the pictures to show people just how happy I am. In the silver box his parents also gave us the champagne glasses that we will use at our wedding. They are beautiful, hand painted glasses.

Ryan really out did himself. The place where we first met as kids. His parents were apart of it. My parent knew about it. The day was just great. The wedding date is January 5Th, 2008 and I can not wait.