Two Memories Triggered By Old Photos

Aug 5, 2008 me at 500 lbs. yesterday I was about 349 lbs. (Apr 02, 2025). It's literally amazing that my belly is not hanging down to my knees - it's not even covering my man bits fully. Most people who lose this kind of weight have a bin sagging loaf down to their knees. This photo was just before we found my friend dead in his apartment. I was on the 1st floor and he was on the 3rd. We did not see him for 5 days and went looking because there was a hell of a smell as soon as you opened the fire door. He had been dead for days. They said it was his heart. He was 42 at the time and I was 40. I had know him most of my life and we where close. When I found this photo, I remembered him. I also miss that hat kind of a lot. It was stolen.
Jul 3, 2008 this is the Moose Jaw Co-op cafeteria. It's long gone now - instead they rend the space out to a gym. The hardware that was down there as well moved to the Agro center and it was expanded. I took Mom here for coffee every Wednesday for years. She would shop after for groceries. The Red Hat Ladies would be there most of the time. That's a social group that is in very many cities. The food was not great, the coffee was rather horrible, but the enjoyment Mom got out of it was priceless.
 

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  1. Glinda wilsonApril 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM

    I'm friends with a lady that's on The Red Hat Ladies. It's nice you have fond memories of your mom I have some fond ones of my mom😊 Sad about your friend. Like the stolen hat. You'll have to do a video on that!😄

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