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Hey Guys... Wow... I Just went & Looked at my last Post and somehow it has been a MONTH since you have last heard from me ;(
Just wanted to let all know that I am Doing OK... The Trip to meet my New Found Friend was Wonderful, I only got to see her for about 5 hours, because they had to work the next morning, but we had a nice time, the trip on the bikes was Very Tiring but well worth all that we got to do, and once i got my Husband out of his "Insanity" thinking, things went better... :) Thanks to the encouragement of many.... I told him flat out, "I" am leaving on Sunday, and if you care to join you will as well, if not, I hope we meet up along the way... :) And Sure enough, he quit grippin long enough to get his stuff together, and we pulled out on Sunday :) Would have NEVER Said that to him before, would have sat there and waited till Monday to leave, but i found the Courage... To do what was Right for me :)
Since then ALOT has went on, Short list... My Step Son wrecked his 4-wheeler, and got pretty boogered up for a while, had surgery on his knee, and seems to be doin better :) Today is his birthday ;) My Abrother has made a HUGE Turn around, since he has had his kids for the summer, he has decided that "They NEED Him" and has stepped up and got a lawyer, and if all goes well in the next 3 weeks, he may not have his kids going back to FL... :) Nothing would make me happier... At Least here!!! We can ALL spend time with them... Plus his EX- has takin on yet another habit in her addictions and this one is METH, so I hope that he can get it together and keep his kids safe, been really hard "Turning this one over" but I have been prayin on it, and know that God will do whats right for all involved, and its really out of my hands... Yet another thing "I can Not Control"... So I am Learning if nothing else, that it is OK to be a Work in Progress, as long as Im not a Work In Regress" So still moving forward...
A Dear Sweet Al-Anon Friend of mine at my F2F groups recently handed me the "Big Red Book" of Adult Children and I have had my nose in it daily... I Soooo Love this book, and see so many things already that have been a benifit to me... I haven't got far because I keep goin back and rereading it, but in time I'm sure it i will work out...its the 1st time I heard Mention of the "Laundry List"... So Very true.. Love it...
I have to share a Smile with ya's as well... This Same lady, is elderly, and is slowly loosing her eye sight completely, and walks with a walking stick... Sweetest thing I have ever met... Well I had shared at a meeting once that I have let myself go when it comes to my Weight & I really needed to get a handle on it before I go for my Sugar test in Sept... Well.... She calls me Yesterday... (Trying day for me) and Says... "You know how you told me that you was worried about your weight a couple weeks ago???..." I said "Yeah" she said "Well... I just wanted to let you know that at Sundays Meeting "You LOOKED Great".... To which then she says... "And that is my Message for you Today, and I wanted to share that with you, Love ya. Bye"..... LMAO... Well As Sweet as It was, I Smiled all day because of it... WHY... Because a "Blind Lady" told me how beautiful I was, and was more sincere then anyone that can accually see me... :) It still makes me smile and I know that HP sent her to me yesterday to help me cope with the goings on of the day, and things weighing on my mind... This Program & the People in it & Here, are nothing short of Mini HP's holding my hand and pushing me forward in this journey I call life...
On Saturday I am throwing a B-day Party for my One & Only Baby Boy, He will be 13 :( I just don't know were all the time went, and how he grew up so fast, thanks to this program i have enjoyed him more in the last 2 years of being in program then I can remember, I pray that me being IN Program will, down the road help him not have to live with ALL the Trauma/Drama I did, and hopefully will head off some of my old Childhood Ways, When I was surviving in a Life of Alcoholism...
I plan to catch up the best I can, and know that I have truly missed you all... your Love & Support has been nothing short of a blessing in my life, and I will try to do better as time goes on...Wishing you all the Chance to be.... "Happy, Joyous, & Free"...
Friend In Recovery... One Day at A Time... N Just for Today... "One Moment at a Time"
Arhh Jozie I am so pleased for you, It isn't easy by any means, it does take hard hard work, and practice, but the outcome is much much healthier, and happier, when we strive to change our own attitudes and behaviours, and apply them, sounds like it worked because you worked it
Good to hear from you Jozie!! When the "regulars" aren't on for a long time, I tend to fret about how things are going and praying that all is well in their worlds. It sounds like you have had a pretty great summer. The story about the elderly woman was so touching... I love hearing things like that. Sometimes living with all the chaos, I forget that just a couple of sentences can be like a little extra gift from God. Welcome back!
