I am 45 years old, an ex teacher, a mom, a wife, a daughter, a friend. I am married to my best friend in the whole world.   I just moved to the south after growing up in NYC and living in NY most of my life give or take a couple years here and there. I am loving the slower pace of life down here and enjoying all there is to do here. I am a Disney Lover and love being near my favorite place in the world.   I love my life even though it changed drastically when our daughter was born.  We were expecting a healthy baby girl and she was born with Down Syndrome and needed heart surgery. Now life is as normal as we make it,  we do things together as a family and try not to think too much about the Down Syndrome, we are just a regular family and she is our baby girl (she’s 10 now but she;’ll always be my baby)  and we love her. Our 16 year old daughter is transgender, she is super smart and funny and the best kid a mom could ask for.  I was a nerd and fat as a kid, two things that don’t work out well for a kid.  I realized I was fat on the first day of school as other kids pointed it out to me, the next 13 years of my life would be full of heartache, tears and body image issues.  Today I am 45 and recently had Gastric Sleeve surgery and I have lost 85 lbs.  I am still struggling with body image and I want to take you along on the journey with me.  I will share recipes, day in the life, groceries, favorites, reviews, weight loss tips, weight loss updates, home life and so much more.  So thanks so much for following along, I am so glad you are here.