A Final Tribute to My Friend- “My Food Police”-Ronni Waldman
It is with great sadness that I write this post. On March 3, 2013, I received the sad news of a friend passing away. I let some time pass thinking it would be easier for me to write about it then, but honestly no amount of time makes it any easier to write about a personal loss.
This is a tribute to Ronni Waldman, a special woman in my life. A woman that with patience, knowledge and care helped me get to a better place, a healthier place to enjoy all my days to come.
As many of you know I have lost 113 pounds by learning sensible eating and portion control through the Jenny Craig program. For those who are not familiar with the weight loss program, as you join you are assigned a consultant, a person that will help you and guide you throughout the process. This is how I met Ronni Waldman. She was my consultant who through time became a friend.
On July 9, 2011, I walked into her small office at the Jenny Craig Center weighing 238 pounds feeling
ashamed of myself and most of all feeling sick of how I felt. When you feel ashamed it is hard to open up and show your vulnerability, but this ball of fire of a woman, barely 5 foot nothing with the biggest smile I ever seen made me feel at ease.
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In her office with my pictures in the background |
Through time she made me understand what I was doing wrong with my eating habits. She was there to help me get up when I fell down and bring light when I saw darkness. I saw her every week for over a year – to be specific -every Wednesdays at 10:30 AM – we called it “OUR” time. The time where I did most of the talking and she did most of the listening. The time when I brought her my problems and she came up with a solution.
She became a teacher, someone I relied on to learn a new lifestyle that would get me to a better place. She was so vigilant of my choices that I started calling her “My Food Police.” She used to call me “My Forever Starfish.” I never understood the name until I read the “Starfish Story.”
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The Starfish Story |
I miss her and always will, but I will carry her in my heart. She has become the inner voice that keeps me aware of my choices. The question – “What would Ronni say?” has become a source of keeping her alive for me, and believe me I ask myself that question numerous times every day.
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She guided me to a better place– HEALTH |
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A card she gave me to let me know how proud she was |
“Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey’s just begun, life holds so many facets this earth is only one.
Just think of her as resting from the sorrow and the tears, in a place of warmth and comfort, where there are no days and years.
Think of how she must be wishing that we could know today, how nothing but our sadness can really pass away.
And think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched, for nothing loved is ever lost, and she was loved so much.” ~ Ellen Brenneman
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