Today I am going to an all day Prayer Day. It is the first day of the Biblical School I am attending. I am excited like a little kid on the first day of school. I have my new notebook and pen. I have a shiny new Bible. I have my clothes picked out. I Google-Earthed the church, so I know exactly where it is. When I tell people I have enrolled in a four year formal Bible School, they look at my sideways and ask "why?" It is not easy to explain, but I sure am happy about it!
Yesterday I had the brilliant idea to hop over to a noon meeting on my lunch so that I wouldn't have to worry about getting to the 5:30. When I walked into the club, I saw someone I knew and loved in early sobriety. I squealed like a little girl to see him. He is now a lot older and is on oxygen, but looks good anyway and has stayed sober all these years - probably close to 35 years. We talked and talked and talked. He said he comes to that meeting every Friday. I think I will too!
As we talked, I told him that I quoted something all the time and I thought I got it from him, but wasn't sure anymore. When I told him that I recently told a sponsee struggling with her 4th step that "whatever is bothering you, and could get you drunk, when written would probably fit on a matchbook." His face lit up, he said that I was indeed quoting him, and then he told me who told him that. It was just so delightful to see him. (and let this be a little place-marker about friendships between men and women in AA.... I would like to write about that one of these days.)
My son requested home made pizza last night, so I was really glad I went to the noon meeting. Of course, I made pizza... and that is a project. I actually roast the tomatoes, onion, and garlic and puree it for the sauce. The dough I actually made with yeast, salt, flour, and olive oil. Etc., Etc., Etc., It is great fun and yummalicious. And what a treat to stand in the kitchen with an apron on, cooking for my family.
I better get ready to go pray all day. Wow. Who knew that sobriety could be such a wonderful thing?
"We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms." -- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 104
5 comments:
Woman! You are tooooo much!
Such an example for this newly sober alcoholic to follow.
We have some interesting relationships between men and women at Lambda. And women and women. And men and men.
Who knew that sobriety could be such a wonderful thing? The first 100 knew and they told us so. And we are lucky to have that information.
I love that about the trouble you are experiencing will probably fit onto a matchbook...that cuts it in half at least.
I would love some of that pizza for breakfast this morning. Yum!
Oh MC, I just love everything about you. Every Single Little Thing.
"friendships between men and women in AA.... I would like to write about that one of these days"
And I would like to read about it. A topic of great interest to myself. I might even feel compelled to write something myself. LOL!
aaah, my MC breath of fresh air to start my Sunday morning, I love it! AA friends, man or woman, are the best!
I am envious of the Bible school deal... lol, when I began my CCD preparation courses I had shiny new stuff too. I love taking classes!
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