I'm off to a meeting first thing this morning. I am so grateful that I have a 6:30 a.m. meeting on my way to work. It makes it very easy to get to a meeting and still have a full rest of the day. I meet a sponsee there on Monday mornings and after the meeting, we go into one of the small rooms in the clubhouse and talk and read.
I have no new clothes to wear today. I don't have a new job to go to today, or a new car in which to drive there. I don't have a new lunch box, or something different to pack in it. I just have my usual, ordinary life. It is a good thing. It was hard for me to learn to live through the ordinary times. No drama, just life. Good.
I will leave the house I have owned since 2001. I'll go to the same workplace I have been going to since September 6, 1994. I will drive a car I have had since 2005 - this is a very very old car for me, I like to get a new car approximately every year and a half or two years. I will go to a meeting I have been going to since 1994.
Yes, my life changed in 1994. I was 10 years sober, and finally ready to put the drama behind me. I divorced the crazy Aussie who was my husband. I got a job and told myself I would stay there until I retired (which so far at least is true). I would actually join a church and go at least once a week. I would work to get out of debt and buy my own home. I would get a car and get valid plates and insurance on it. I would do all these things I had never done before. And I have. And I am grateful for that. By the Grace of God.
By the Grace of a loving God.
9 comments:
You have inspried me this morning little corn muffin. I worked so hard for so long to have a "normal" life, and now that I have one, I take it for granted.
Enjoy your monday.
There's a lot to say for consistency.
You just said it.
It sounds like the new is you. That's what matters.
You're story is inspiring. Part of me is a little envious but my better-self realizes what a miracle your are and any recovery is.
Peace.
B E A U T I F U L.
Life IS good. Happy Monday!
I thank God, too. I was thankful that I got to clean the house the other day.
And I don't know what's up with those Aussies. I get to deal with one on rare occasions- he's my son's father. Maybe there's something to be said for a country that was populated by convicts. Who knows.
no drama is a good thing for sure!
if you're up to it, come by and see what I have tagged you for.. I promise, it's different and worthwhile :-)
later!
I loved your post today, thanks.
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