What a year this has been! Only God can transform a life like He did with mine this year.

One year ago, my heart stopped during the second operation that was scheduled to make my life better and healthier. After 3 weeks in a coma, I woke up on Christmas day no idea what the future will have for me or how long it will be there for.

I am blogging again today to share with you how the first year went after the operation and how blessed I am in all aspect of my like hoping that this will encourage or inspire others to live their life to the fullest and just simply enjoy the gift of life.

As of today, I lost over 100 pounds this year, I feel great! Energetic, HAPPY and always laughing and enjoying life with my family, my team and my friends worldwide!

In the middle of one of the worst recessions ever in the USA, my company had the best year in business ever with tremendous success financially and technically.

My wife and I grew even closer to each other after 16 years of marriage; embracing life with a tremendous gratitude for the second chance I have been given.

I spent a lot more time with my kids and bonded well together. We enjoyed lots of trips this year to Rome, Venice, Bahamas, Disneyland and other small trips around the bay area. It was so awesome!

I took Jessica with me for the first time to almost all my business trips this year, like Paris, Sofia Bulgaria, Redmond WA and others…

I enjoyed my team at Falafel tremendously this year (they worked very hard) and it was a pleasure to take them all to Bora Bora this year. It was a dream vacation for a dream team! All of them volunteered to open a Falafel branch for me in Bora Bora, how thoughtful! But I would never ask you guys to do that for me; I will sacrifice myself for that that mission and will do it for the team J

God has put so many people in my life that have been nothing less than a GIFT and a BLESSING, like John Waters (the President of Falafel), Sean Samuel (Falafel Office manager) , my sister in law Abir Tadros, my mother in law Rosa, the entire team at Falafel in all 4 states (CA, CO, TX & MI), all my friends in the US and Europe that proved to me that a man with friends like them is the richest man in the world!

May God bless you all!  We all here at the Tadros household and the Falafel family wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2010!