Inspiration

I forgot to include this photo of my BFF, Becky and her husband, Mike, from our cookout last week. They are such a neat couple who totally beat the odds of marrying at seventeen, having four babies, owning their own business, and still being able to laugh together. I love hanging out with them...they are an inspiration to all married couples.

Becky, you have no idea what your friendship means to me. I missed you last week. I missed our workouts (just look at my butt, OMG, it's getting bigger by the minute), I missed our conversations about kids, husbands and life in general. I seriously can't wait until school starts and we get back to a routine again.

I have some advice for you: DO NOT get on that scale again until after the kids have gone to school and we have had two solid weeks of working out. Do you hear me? Put the darn thing in the closet if you have to. (And lay off the powdered sugar donuts. It's for your own good that I'm talking here.) Just remember how far we have come since last year. You are doing fine. Muscle weighs more than fat, and you look way more muscular today than you did last week. Must be from lifting that baby up and down. Really, I'm sure it's muscle, not the donuts :)

For those of you who do not know the history of me and Becky, here is the short version. Our sons played on the same flag football team at our YMCA last fall. I struck up a conversation with Becky at practice one evening, and we talked at the games on Saturday mornings. Once football was over, we knew our friendship was just beginning, so we had to find an excuse to stay in touch. We started working out together at the Y, and by January of this year, we knew we were BFF's. She inspires me to be a better mom and a better wife. We just "click", having so much in common it's scary. I haven't had a friend like her since, well, high school. With less drama and more laughs, though. I hope everyone reading this has a friend like Becky. She is truly Heaven-sent.