Dargie's letter to Nancy

Nancy Cosgrove, RN, BA, started RNfit Weight Management in 2001. A Registered Nurse since 1983, her passion is helping people improve their quality of life throught preventive health behaviors. For seven years running, RNfit has been recognized by HMR® as one of the top programs in the U.S., out of approximately 250 nationwide.

This is a letter that Dargie; one of our clients who has lost 96lbs, wrote to Nancy. We are sharing it here, with Dargie's permission.

5:30 A.M.2/22/09

Dear Nancy,I am wide awake and not sure why, but I am thinking of you.
There must be some way to thank you for this gift that you have helped me to attain.
Our meeting was not by chance, but an arrival after a very long search.
There were days when I would cry- not only when I was a child, but as an adult as well.
Many were eager to tell me where I needed to be, but none were able to set my journey into motion.
Hundreds through the years have laughed at me, with me or behind my back.
Some wanted me to fail because of their own struggles.
Few understand the magnitude of my situation.
Only one has led me through this by encouragement, praise, education and discipline.
You have changed my life in such a profound way that I have become a new person.
Weight loss was my original goal, but that is only a small portion of what you have helped me to achieve.
Our successes cannot be measured by scales or bank accounts.
Our payoff is life, health and (never before felt) confidence.
I can look into a mirror and not want to look away.
I can have a seat with confidence that the chair will hold me.
I can stand in front of a classroom of children or my peers and feel good about my self.
I can shop for things that I like to wear, not in a “big girl” store with very limited choices.
I can do these things because you do what you do.
You care about me, and I know it.
You don’t give up on me when I have a hard time.
More importantly, you don’t let me give up when I have a hard time.
You are a hero-you save lives.
You helped me see that I could start a new chapter in my life and make it better.
Thank you just isn’t enough, but it is like a bow on the present- that you helped to make so much better for me.
Forever your friend, Dargie