My friends.
I have had 3 incredible occurences happen to me today. Three!!
One, I went to my mail box, opened a package and it was from WIP. The gift I received was enormous. Huge. I am already worrying about how to take care of it. My husband looked at me and said "This was dedicated before my mother was born, and that was a long time ago." My entire family has looked at the book that WIP sent me and they are all in awe, as I am. Awe. What a gift. I cannot thank you enough, WIP, for what you did. Just know, I will treasure this gift forever. You had written "Merry Christmas" to me but it came for my birthday. It is funny how life works but the gift is incredible to someone like me. I will treasure it forever. So your mother's life and love will never be lost. My children and husband are all amazed. What a gift. You have no idea. None. Thank you does not "handle" it.
Two, my dear friend Mary sent me a wish for a happy birthday. That, too, meant so much. She and I have been fighting this beast for a long time together. We will beat this beast. Both of us. We both love children, family and life. How can we not beat this beast? Mary taught "special" children as a lifetime work. Mary knows how special children are, even those who society does not think "fits in." I send my love and caring back to Mary. I will keep walking this path of sobriety with her. Sometimes we fail, okay, but we have had sober times here that we did not have before. If we had not come here, we would just simply be drunks. Today we are able to be sober, I took my grandkids to a movie tonight and we had so much fun. I still struggle, I still work at it but so does Mary. We will both continue to because of MWO.
Three, Dilip also said Happy Birthday to me. He kind of sits on the sidelines and does the chat thing and not the post thing. But he, also, has our addiction. He is trying to get better, just like us. Dilip has been here for a long time and he has chatted with me many a night.
Thanks to all of you. I refuse to start naming "names" because I would leave out someone who has been there for me and I would never do that. However, ALL OF YOU, please know that I so appreciate you being there. I do appreciate your care, and I mean CARE, because I have been enveloped in love, laughter, tears, sadness, goodness and life. I live today because of all of you. I mean that. I would have been gone without you.
So, my "Happy Birthday" is knowing I have all my MWO friends with me, surrounding me, and caring about me. I care back. We are fighting this addiction and winning with each other.
Love,
Cindi
I have had 3 incredible occurences happen to me today. Three!!
One, I went to my mail box, opened a package and it was from WIP. The gift I received was enormous. Huge. I am already worrying about how to take care of it. My husband looked at me and said "This was dedicated before my mother was born, and that was a long time ago." My entire family has looked at the book that WIP sent me and they are all in awe, as I am. Awe. What a gift. I cannot thank you enough, WIP, for what you did. Just know, I will treasure this gift forever. You had written "Merry Christmas" to me but it came for my birthday. It is funny how life works but the gift is incredible to someone like me. I will treasure it forever. So your mother's life and love will never be lost. My children and husband are all amazed. What a gift. You have no idea. None. Thank you does not "handle" it.
Two, my dear friend Mary sent me a wish for a happy birthday. That, too, meant so much. She and I have been fighting this beast for a long time together. We will beat this beast. Both of us. We both love children, family and life. How can we not beat this beast? Mary taught "special" children as a lifetime work. Mary knows how special children are, even those who society does not think "fits in." I send my love and caring back to Mary. I will keep walking this path of sobriety with her. Sometimes we fail, okay, but we have had sober times here that we did not have before. If we had not come here, we would just simply be drunks. Today we are able to be sober, I took my grandkids to a movie tonight and we had so much fun. I still struggle, I still work at it but so does Mary. We will both continue to because of MWO.
Three, Dilip also said Happy Birthday to me. He kind of sits on the sidelines and does the chat thing and not the post thing. But he, also, has our addiction. He is trying to get better, just like us. Dilip has been here for a long time and he has chatted with me many a night.
Thanks to all of you. I refuse to start naming "names" because I would leave out someone who has been there for me and I would never do that. However, ALL OF YOU, please know that I so appreciate you being there. I do appreciate your care, and I mean CARE, because I have been enveloped in love, laughter, tears, sadness, goodness and life. I live today because of all of you. I mean that. I would have been gone without you.
So, my "Happy Birthday" is knowing I have all my MWO friends with me, surrounding me, and caring about me. I care back. We are fighting this addiction and winning with each other.
Love,
Cindi
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