Introduction

The title of this blog is taken from lyrics by the amazing Ben Taylor. The song is basically about losing someone and the reflection on one's life that often is a natural reaction after suffering loss of any kind. In 2004 I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. I spent a good two years feeling awful and wasting away. After having surgery 2 years ago and feeling consistently healthy ever since, I have slowly realized, that through this sickness, I suffered a loss of my own-the loss of myself.

Through this blog I hope to achieve several things:

1) Hold myself accountable to living my life-I remember this line from a movie (although I cannot rememeber the movie) where a character is being chastized for always waiting for their life to begin. The protaganist urges the character to realize that there is only one life-the life that he is living right now. I think about this scene often and feel like it describes me. Too often I feel like I’m waiting for the life that I believe is coming to me in the future, rather than living to the fullest the life that is mine right now. My goal is to live and be happy each and every day that I have.

2) Provide my thoughts and practices on food and a healthy lifestyle-this actually will cover several bases. To all those who have asked for recipes of the concoctions I come up with, I will start posting pictures and recipes of the delightful(at least I think so) things I cook. Along with this, I will be able to keep track of what I am eating, which will comply with my Gastro’s wishes that I keep a food journal. Also, maybe I can provide suggestions or support to anyone that is suffering from Crohn’s or any other illness.

"Another run around the sun" basically marks the passing of time. Typically January 1st is a perfect time to reflect and take action, but if the mood strikes me to do so in November, well, I'm not going to deny myself this privilege.