“Julie, you don’t even look like the picture on our wall anymore!” Kim would tell me every so often.

“Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure.”  I would think to myself.

I couldn’t see a difference between then and now.

She is a photographer (http://kimfreemanphotography.com/)  so I recently relented and let her update my photos.

There are 5 years between these photo shoots.

As I was prepping for this blog, I saw it for the first time.

My size has changed. But in many ways, I have not.

I was happy then. I am happy Now.

I felt beautiful then. I feel beautiful Now.

I was loved then. I am loved Now.

These are the things I need to remember when my focus on this journey switches to anything other than health and healing.