What a great story. I lost my dad shortly before he turned 82 - he was a diabetic who never met a carb he didn't love, and subsisted on Dunkin Donuts, take-out pizza, frozen lasagna - but also used "fat-free" half-and-half (ugh), and margarine on white toast, and instant sweetened oatmeal packets ...

Anyway, he would be a year younger than Faye if he were still with us. I loved my dad and still miss him every single day even though he's been gone 4 1/2 years, and I often think if I could only have gotten him to change eating habits be might still be here - but I would try when I would visit him, and we would eat well for a week, but as soon as I left he always went right back to his old ways.

I'm so happy for Faye!