In July, we went to South Carolina for a family reunion. We celebrated my father's 80th birthday and my parent's 60th anniversary. We rented two large beach houses, and there were about 30 people for at least part of this time.

This was quite an adventure. It had been about a decade since we all got together like this. Everyone was able to make it except for one nephew. We are hoping to plan family reunions more often. Next year, we'll go to Red Mountain, Georgia in June.

Things have been moving rather quickly for me. Before our reunion (in May), I got back into my raw foods lifestyle. It has now been 4 months and I feel wonderful! I have lost 36 pounds and have gone down a couple sizes. Another great benefit is that I can wear my engagement & wedding rings again!

There has been quite a growth of the raw foodists in the area since I lived here two years ago. Rene Oswald gives a weekly raw food demo at Nutrition S'mart and Paul Nison gives a monthly raw food lecture Whole Foods.

We also have The Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach. It is known worldwide for curing diseases. They do this with living foods and other healing modalities.

Since there are so many people interested in raw foods in the area, I have created a raw food group. We will have a raw potluck each month and have support/group meetings other weeks. I will be creating a website, but for now, you can find out more about this group at Yahoo Groups. I have been making some wonderful new friends in the raw foods community.

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I am hoping to get back to writing my blog. I am going to journal my new raw lifestyle adventure. Here is the link to my raw food journey blog.

I'm still publishing the Fitness Motivator Newsletter online. It is hard to believe that I've been doing this for almost 7 years. I also have a cyber mall website. You can see these and my other websites at the link to the left called "My Other Websites." I also have a new page at my cybermall regarding raw food resources.