This is not the blog I planned to write today. My plan for today’s post was to tell you all about our fabulous wedding day (that will still happen soon), but then something happened. Someone gave me grace.

If you’ve been with me for a while I’m sure you know that my family and I started a weight loss competition. You also know that we lost my father in law in April, our son was born (3 weeks early) at the end of April, our daughter got VERY sick in June, my grandmother passed away in August, we hosted a memorial for my father in law in August, and we laid my grandmother to rest in early September. To say a lot has happened recently would be putting it mildly.

With everything that was going on it’s really no surprise that my weight loss was the first thing to go to the back burner. Between late night fast food dinners and being emotionally and physically exhausted in the last month I gained back almost half of what I’d already lost (well…that’s being transparent for ya!). Since today is Tuesday it’s weigh in day, so for the first time in about two weeks I actually stood on a scale. Terrifying. Then I had to tell my family. Even more terrifying.

So, to hide my embarrassment, I told them my weigh in was “one ninety not good”. I was NOT comfortable with giving a real number. To say I was unhappy would be an understatement. Then something amazing happened. A member of my family wrote back “Its ok sis. We’ve had a bad few weeks. We’ll get back to it. ❤❤”. This family member has NOT slipped on their progress. Through all the chaos they’ve lost weight continually but in that moment they used “we”. I cried guys. Happy appreciative tears. That person made sure I didn’t feel alone or judged.

That person gave me grace! When I couldn’t even give myself grace (because, let’s be honest, the gain was no ones fault but my own), they did. It took about a minute out of their day and made a HUGE difference in mine! So, the next time someone needs grace, give it! You have no idea how it may change their day or their life!

Has anyone given you grace recently? Have you given grace (even if it was to yourself)? Tell me all about it in the comments!

Much Love, R