Church and My Affirmation Picture

I went to church with Juli on Sunday. I went with her because I haven't found a church near my house that suits me so I headed south. And since Juli speaks so highly of her minister, I figured I had nothing to lose if I just went to hear what she had to say. Luckily, the message during that service was loud and clear and I felt as though the "sermon" was spoken specifically for me. I won't go into specifics but after the service, I was able to speak privately with the minister regarding the upcoming surgery on Wednesday. Rev. Heather instructed me to find a picture of myself from before I was diagnosed when I knew I was perfectly healthy. Sadly, I couldn't find a picture of when I knew I was perfectly healthy. I really thought long and hard about a time when I felt absolutely perfectly healthy and I couldn't recall a time... So I did the next best thing. I cut out a picture of Dara Torres from a "Got Milk?" ad in this month's Shape Magazine and I glued my face on her body. Then underneath, I wrote the affirmation that Rev. Heather created specifically for me, "Perfect health is natural and is now mine always and in all ways."

Although the picture looks a little hokey with MY face on THAT body, my idea of the picture of perfect health is represented by Dara Torres, the 40-something Olympic swimmer. AND, I realized that I really really want those abs!!! So since I am having my third abdominal surgery in 6 months, I thought I would let the universe sort out how I'll have those abs one day.