Been meeting so many great women dealing with cancer. When first diagnosed I tried to ignore, cover up thoughts of it, keep myself busy, doin' for others, but couldn't make it disappear. Was always still there. Tried O Gotta' get that meat outta' our diet. But that don't mean you can't and won't backslide sometimes. We all do. We just had the State Fair of Texas here last month. It's the biggest funfest around. And people, kids, mom, pop, grands come to gawk, point, laugh; and do a lot of eating. There's food of all kinds... a lot that folks plan all year and concoct, and it's all fried, wid lots of sugar, bad greecy bad, the most unhealthy oils. It's all bad-d-d-d - GOOD! Went to the fair since I was a little girl, way back when we only got to go on 'colored day'. You know that was a long time ago. Anyway, I know I'm not suppose to eat anything out there. I'm even suppose to take my own water. Helped my daughter hand out free samples of grilled chicken fixed with she and her husband's gourmet spicy seasoning. Boy was it smellin' good; and folks were lined up. No-o-o-o... I didn't eat any. But on our breaks we went out on the midway searching for cotton candy, fried catfish, tamales, corn-on-the-cob, and everything else fried we could find. Well... Everything bad was out there. It was a fried-fest. Boy did I partake. I worked there two weekends and had a ball. Yes. I ate the bad stuff. But I got back on track once it ended. I'm sayin' this to say. We get off track, but we can recover. So don't beat yourself up when you stray. Educate yourself. Learn what you need to do and try to stick with it. But, when you backslide, know that you can turn it around again. Sue
