Setting the Stage : Breaking Wind on a New Blog

I don't remember taking my first breath. No one does. I can only recall what has led me to the now.

As I start this new blog, I feel obligated to give some of you a back story, a history of sorts. What brings me to the blogging arena? Why do I feel the need to share the relevant and irrelevant with others? Perhaps its because I just like to “hear myself talk”. Nope, sorry, that isn’t it. 

I just think that sharing with others can help them one of two ways - Acknowledgement that someone else has “been there” or is “going through that” with them OR proof that someone else is more f’ed up than they are. Either way, It seems more of a positive contribution to the universe than fading into the background and sitting on my laurels, I cannot stand being passive instead of passionate. Throughout my weight loss surgery journey and the road of life, I have been accompanied by many who did not have to share this journey, but chose to pass their knowledge, experience and friendship along. I refuse to let that energy and support stop with me. Ergo, I blog. I share. I am honest. I will not say what I do not mean. I don’t ask that you agree with me, think the same as me, look the same as me, or even give a shit. I’m just here to share. And, if I make your journey a little happier or even serve as comic relief to a tough day that you are having... that’s friggin awesome. If not, meh. 

I was going to write all about my background - from the day I had my RNY gastric bypass weight loss surgery in December 2008 - to the extreme loss of not only my excess weight, but my loving mother, my employment, my home and my sense of self. However, that kind of info I’ll just put in the “about me” section. Its just too much for a blog post, trust me on that one! In fact, it should be a novel and one day it may well be that I put pen to paper and bang that sucker out.

So, farewell to my old domain names and hosting (because, honestly, I can’t afford to pay for them anymore - you know, the economy being what it is, I have to be a thrifty Mom!). Hello to my new blog - Rainbow AirBiscuits. (Yes, this is the repository of my brain farts.)

Welcome to the new blog - let’s break wind together.