i wrote this story over two years ago.

This last summer I had the pure joy of being able to hang out with
our God-daughter, Kamala. She was a couple of months old at that time,
and I got to hold that sweet bundle of joy! To my dismay, it really
hurt my elbows, wrists and hands to hold her. In fact, a couple of
times I felt as though I was going to drop her. It was as though my
joints couldn't handle her weight.

I have been dealing with
Lyme disease for decades. One of the symptoms has been my joints aching
and not having much strength in my hands. I was disappointed not only
because it was difficult to hold my God-daughter, but because within
the year I was also going to become a Grandmother. How would I hold my
Grandbaby without dropping her?

I knew the importance of exercising-especially lifting weights. When would I ever fit in exercising?
I
had been doing a lot of reading about EFT and I thought that maybe it
could help me get back in shape, so I could hold my future Grandbaby.
Out of my desire to hold my grandbaby I came up with the idea of
getting up a little bit earlier and exercising. Here is the way that I
did it. I used the following affirmations while tapping on several of
my body's energy meridians. Even though:

•  I don't feel like exercising....
• I don't feel like getting out of bed to exercise....
•  I feel like I would rather sleep instead of getting up to exercise.....
•  I don't feel like I can stick with an exercise program.....
•  I don't feel like I can pull this off.....
•  I don't feel like exercising......
•  I hate lifting weights......
•  I feel stupid using little weights.....

Seven
months later, I continue to exercise at least five days a week. I
started out trying to use a hula-hoop just to make it more fun. Now, I
typically jump on a mini-trampoline three times a week, and do my
weight lifting routine for two days. On days that I don't feel like
getting out of bed to exercise, I just EFT right while I am lying in
bed. Then I am able to get up and exercise!

I am pleased to
say that I am proud to be a grandmother to Tessa Grace. She is now two
months old and is growing quickly. Since I have been working out, I am
much stronger than this last summer. I feel much more secure about
holding her or my God daughter. I am so grateful to have learned how to
apply eft to something that is so precious to me.