My Water Bottle

I love drinking water. I have been taught all of my life that water is the best thing you can drink. The human body is made up of a great deal of water and therefore works best when it has plenty of water to work with.

I carry large containers of water with me everywhere I go. I am never thirsty without having something to drink nearby. This is important to me since I am thirsty for water often. I have had to train myself to crave water rather than other drinks like juice or pop. I havn't drank pop (or "soda" depending on where you're from) for about 4 years now. I decided that enough is enough. Pop is damaging to your kidneys as well as a host of other parts of your body and it's not worth it to drink it now only to suffer for poor decision making when I'm old and lying in a hospital bed. When the time comes for me to lie in a hospital bed, I don't want it to be because of something I did when I was younger simply because I was living for the here and now and wanting comfort and such while not caring about what I'd be going through in the future. I am a planner and I want to take care of my future, as well as the day I'm living in right now.

I have gotten some flack about always being seen with a bottle of water in my hand. It's especially bad when I carry my large brand name water containers. They hold 32 ounces of liquid and they look pretty rediculous sitting on a table top in a restaurant. I just don't care anymore.

What has been kinda' hurtful and surprising to me, is that there has been a family member, who apparently doesn't know me very well, ask me in a whispering voice "What's in that bottle?" and then said that her brother in law wanted to know as well. Both of them are up in their years. Apparently, they had feared that I was drinking alcohol or something. So, I explained that it was water. The same person asked me a few months later when I was drinking from the bottle, "Is that really water in there?". By this time it was starting to hurt my feelings. I have never drank a day in my life! I have made that clear to people as I have grown up and fully expect everyone who knows me or even knows about me, to understand that I don't put things like that into my body because it's stupid! I don't chew snuff. I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't say cuss words. I don't cheat on my husband. I don't do alot of things that seem to be the norm now-a-days. Not doing all of those things doesn't mean I'm a good person. Jesus Christ is the only good person who has ever lived. Although, I am made whole and righteous through Him.

I have allowed my friends to tease me about my water bottle and I've even gone along with it and had a great time. They have meant it all in fun and I don't believe they ever want to hurt me. They understand how I am about things and that's what makes the jokes so funny. We all know how rediculous it is to even suggest that I am an alcoholic and need to carry my "secret" drink around with me everywhere I go....haha! I keep telling Tim that if I was going to be an alcoholic and sneak drinks around with me everywhere without drawing attention to it, I sure as heck wouldn't choose to carry around the largest container with the brightest color I could find! Duh!

So, friends and family, go ahead and continue to tease me about my water bottle if you must. BUT never accuse me of drinking what should never enter my body. Thank you. ;)