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Nutrition Scene
BY BRIAN NES
SEL
inches while still eating carbs. Instead, I’m going to address my own emo- tional health (specifically my sadness) because as I write this, on February 27, I am missing my father, my son, and praying for the health of my mother – the three people who have formed who I am more than anything else in my life. I hope that some of you can take something positive from this.
their baby smell. I smell babies like flowers. I can’t help it, don’t regret it, and it’s your fault for bringing your baby around me because you’ve got to smell you some baby if you truly want to know joy in life.
When people ask me how I got into nutrition and the health and fitness field, I tell them my story, and I tell them about my son, Evan.
it used to be. Time heals. Life heals. Love heals. But, the calendar is still my nemesis, because I’m not supposed to be happy today – it’s the unwritten rule of losing a child.
I wouldn’t be a nutritionist, I wouldn’t be an advocate for SIDS re- search, I wouldn’t be a support system for friends who have suffered similar losses, and I wouldn’t have half the heart I have if my life would not have gone this way. Evan’s life, and Evan’s death, has influenced so many lives through the people who loved him and will never be the same because he’s not with us. His little brother would never have been brought into this world, had tragedy not happened... I still can’t wrap my brain around that.
As I write this, Evan has been gone 15 years as of this very day. I’ll be hon- est, some days it feels like a terribly sad movie I watched more than it feels like a reality of my life. The anger is gone. That was hard to let go of, because I felt obligated to feel angry or else I would be “accepting” that he died. The sadness is far different, too. It comes
in short unexpected stabs now – which is far better than the unrelenting ache
But, when I realize the impact Evan has had not only on my life, but on the lives of thousands of people, it’s hard not to feel an odd sense of happiness. Evan made me a better human being, by leaps and bounds (and, yes, there is still plenty of room for improvement). He made me realize the importance of so many things in life – time, mem- ories, hugs, love, laughter, patience,
So today, as I have every February 27th, I honor the anniversary of my son’s death. But everyday I hope he knows I honor his life by being his dad. You’re with me everyday, buddy. I love you so much.
This month’s issue is about health. I should be including an article about cholesterol lowering diets, or anti-inflammatory foods, or losing
kindness, compassion, understanding, empathy... and smells. That’s what I miss the most about my baby boy – his smell. And I will officially apol- ogize to every parent who has ever brought their baby anywhere around me, because I completely adore
Evan
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