Just wanted to share a evening with you, from last evening, I had been planning a Surprise Birthday Party for my Son's 40th Birthday for almost a month, (yep that's right, I gave birth to him when I was 11..) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food.
On Saturday night, he had returned with his best friend, from a great 4 day vacation in Las Vegas.....He normally works the ER at Scripps Hospital in San Diego, 24/7, just to give you a presceptive on how great it was to see him taking one long brake.
So he picked me up so we go in one car, and when we arrived at the Resturant, and he walked in and saw 5 of his favorite people sitting there saying "Surprise" he was grinning from ear to ear, and was rather speechless, and for him that is amazing all by itself...by far the best birthday party I have ever experienced.....Thank You GOD!!!!
Just wanted to share this amazing evening with you. We go along day to day, dealing with the simple quiet GRATITUDE that IS always in my heart for having Sobriety in our lives and the people who we love, and the awesome gift of feeling GOD so much of the time and that Sobriety, that I have never taken for granted....ever.
The simple 12 Steps of this Program, difficult in the beginning but now just practice, practice, pratice, for the newer folks, this AA Program and the 12 steps really DO take you up, up, up and out of the disease, of course, just one day at a time..
Just one day at a time, and wow, when just one of those one day at a times can bring such Joy to the heart, almost brings tears to the my eyes.
Pain and Joy almost seem like a litle see-saw sometimes, and never more that we can handle, but just once in a while that see- saw swings you up so so high,on the Joy side, you feel you could touch the sky.
Ok, cornball is saying byefor now, hope you all have a wonderful day, and more than anything hope each one of you have one of the evenings I had, for that I say a Prayer to each and everyone of YOU, awesome friends here.
Love that "cornball" stuff and can feel your gratitude for another day of life free and clean and sober from the devastation of our addiction.To see the joy in someone else's eyes is a feeling that at times can't be explained.God continue to bless you and your family and showing you the way one day at a time... Peace............
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Yaaaaayyyyy!!!!!!!! Your son was I am SURE just soooo thrilled that you would arrange such a thing for him!!! I am sure you feel absolutely wonderful knowing that the evening was so very special for him... awe...
A million hugs, and may your seesaw stay in the direction it is in for a very long time!!
Love, Joni
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) it was at a Japanese Resturant, a very fancy one, and his all time Ethic food.