I love food. I think food and drinking coffee are my favorite past times.

I had my first colonoscopy with success! “Normal” – such a great word. My goal was to get it done by the end of the year. I squeaked it in.

I worked hard on my prep. CFers have the extended, long prep; 2-3 day prep, mag citrate, one-gallon of liquid, etc. prep.

Throughout my sugars held steady for the most part. That was one of my greatest concerns. I checked my sugars daily a few times to make sure.

I stopped eating solids Friday evening to make sure I did not have to redo the procedure and then all hopes everything would be okay.

I did not technically have to stop eating solids completely until the day before, but I knew all of it would be easier while having a much higher success rate if I stopped early.

I am so happy.

I did have many Tootsie roll pops on Saturday, the crunch-factor I think. And then have Werther’s Original caramel candies in between my prep helped a lot. I ate a lot of them too.

The CF Foundation recommends CFers to screen at age 40. It took me two years to get it done. They suggest it, rather push-it because our bodies are a mess.

However, when the nurse listened to my lungs I asked if she had heard any crackles or wheezes, not a one. The colon doc had said he has already seen improvement in patients since Trikafta came out.

I am not coughing. No, none, zilch, crud in my lungs. I am breathing deeper. Everything seems easier. I am having less resistance and less exhaustion. I am picking up the pace.

I just look around the room and am unbelievably thankful for all of this.

So now what – magic.

My friend sent me this little magic. It is to begin my vision board, which I have been meaning to do –

Then, I look on Instagram three days ago and my friend Melissa Wells published her 2020 Vision Board Clip Art Book. A tiny blip – her book has “over 150 images and 200 words so that you can cut and paste into a powerful and effective vision board. It is like having 10 magazines into one book.” I ordered it right away.

Mel is a friend of mine. We met a couple years ago or so. She is an artist and used to have classes on creating vision boards – to actualize your dreams. So, there you have it! I will create a vision board, finally.

Throughout this last weekend, I visualized food quite a bit. Yesterday, I preemptively picked up some food, knowing how good it would be today.

So far today I have had a Luna bar, a bagel with cream cheese from Bruegger’s, macaroni and cheese from the grocer (four-cheese macaroni), half of this large Tuscany chicken sandwich I often get at this deli as well. I then have had a slice of quiche I made, and 10 marshmallows that I heated up in the microwave. It is a simple gooey and yummy treat without a lot of sugar. I have had a couple lattes as well, nice thick and rich milk, and it is not 5pm yet.

I love food. It is joyous and as my friend, Lisa says, “a delight.”

So, for your New Year’s and mine, is to take all the goodness and hold it. Believe in it and move forward with it.

One of my New Year’s goodness is to take Chester on more car rides. I don’t walk him much anymore because he is old and he overdoes it. His back can’t take it. But, he loves car rides. So, I brought him and his sidekick in a short car ride today. He was smiling.

Much love. Thank you for always reading, listening, and being.