Healthy Living...

We've all heard it and seen it, on the tv, radio, internet, health issues are no longer reserved just for the doctors offices. In the wee hours of Saturday morning while staying up late to watch a movie with Jen and Lee I got the biggest scare of my life. Well we all did, now I won't re-tell the story seeing as anyone reading this knows what happened and that Lee will be just fine however I wanna share some of my thoughts from this past weekend. First off I'll admit by Saturday night I was a little overwhelmed but I love everyone so much, extended family included and I was sure to tell Lee and Jen about everyone calling and checking up on his status. Thank God for the support system this family has. As much as we may fight and argue sometimes no one pulls together faster then us Solomons when one of us is in need of it. I can't even explain the emotions going through with each call I got from Jen at the hospital and even in between the calls. It was torture and I spent much of the first few hours in shifts between crying and reading things online. By the way reading things online makes it worse damnit. I pulled myself together everytime the phone rang though, which was often. I want to thank Jen for keeping me so up to date. I always answered the phone with clear concern but without the tears in hopes it helped Jen. She's such a strong person and I can't imagine what it took for her not to break down that night. I tried my best to be strong for her I know she needed that. I'm a worrier naturally, it just how i am and as it stands I'm already concerned about everyone in our family for one reason or another, Lees hospital visit reinstated that. I know better then anyone sometimes health issues are out of your control. In our family several heretitary diseases run and the fact that a few of us are just a bit too lazy and really love our food really doesn't help anything. I'm one of them and I know it. It is something I have been working on though for the last few months, ya can ask Jen. Please for every one of you work at getting healthy or for those good ones, stay healthy. I can't imagine losing anyone in our family and certainly not when it is in our control. I know all the kids worry so much about Daddy and I hope that the call and the paniced drive to the hospital on saturday to help Lee through this was a wake up call for him. We as a family need to pull together and be there for Lee and Daddy, no matter what either of them say they are so much alike and I want them both around for a good long time. If that means pushing a healthy lifestyle on them til they resent me for it, fine. I'd rather deal with a little bitterness then lose either of our big teddy bears. I hope you're all in on this with me, hell push me to be healthy, God knows I need motivation to keep at it. I know this is the second straight long post but I really felt it important to not only thank all of you for the calls and the support but to ask your help in perventing any of us from needing to making those types of call again.

I love you all so much,
Mana XOXO