02/24/2023
So what’s your why? Let me tell you a short story. In 2009 I had the first in a long series of heart attacks. 16 to be exact. I am the proud owner of 16 stents and a defibrillator. If you look at the first picture (with the fish) you will notice the my wrist is shaved. That is from my first heart cath. I was so hard headed, I knew that I could still live the way that I wanted and eat horribly after all, I was only 40. Looking back what an idiot I was for even thinking that way. Little did I know that was quite literally a ticking time bomb. sure, I had the thoughts about not seeing my sons grow to be the men that they could be, see my grandchildren and grow old with my wife. But soon those thoughts were fleeting. Charge on full steam!! Katy bar the doors, I was going to do this whole life thing the way that I wanted. For the sake of not making this longer than it could be let’s skip forward to Dec. 21, 2021 when Stacy and I got married. (See picture below). I had life by the horns again!! Great job that I was very successful at, but again, tick tick tick. December 29, 2021, 8 days later I was admitted into the hospital and underwent multiple bypasses and repair to the back of my heart that required me to be in a heart and lung machine for an excruciatingly long time. My way apparently wasn’t working anymore. In fact it had never really been working. I was fooling myself. I was taking massive doses of multiple types of medications several times a day. Diabetes eating away at my body. My veins were so hard that I would bet that you could cut diamonds with them. My heart was so weak that I could barely walk around the store to buy groceries. I was so overweight that I couldn’t function. I had to make a change…. I had to start ona new path after my recovery. Sure I could try the old way, then I would make it for a couple of years at most maybe. But I got serious, serious about what I was putting in my body. I re-discovered my passion for living, I re-discovered something that I had long ago lost…… energy. I discovered that there is a better way to do this thing called life, and it doesn’t have to be a dreadful daily grind. I also discovered that I really love to help people get the most out of life. For me…. My why is that when I said I DO to Stacy, it was a promise to “do” for as long as I possibly can. I wanted health, financial and time freedom to be able to live the best years of my life. No more excuses. So what is YOUR why? Want to know how I am accomplishing mine? Ask and I will share with you.
