Today, we celebrate our 28th year anniversary and 30 years of living life together.27 AND 1/2 of those years in sobriety,thru God's grace and mercy,some daily work and a willingness to keep away from the "first one" enhanced by application of the spiritual principles of our program,showing up as I'm growing up and being God centered to the best of my ability.You see I relapsed on the institution of marriage 2x before during my 25 years of being caught in the grip.The self centeredness of our illness kept me hostage and didn't allow me to get honest,willing or out of denial.I love my wife ,Laurie ,more today than yesterday!.WE have faced many,many trials together and thru it all,with God's grace I never picked up and we were able to weather the storms of life that will always come.Just For Today,we are going to celebrate,with each other,do something,not sure what yet,but it will be together and offer our lives in prayer ,gratitude and reflection to our blessings together.I truly wasn't sure I would make it to 40 years and now at 65, I know how truly blessed I am and am truly humbled and thankful for the miracle of"LIFE' BEYOND" addiction.Lost dreams do awaken and new possibilities will arise as long as we don't pick up,continue to do the daily work and be of maximum service to that Power greater than we and others,THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MILITARY MIND. If it seems dark now,remember not to forsake what your Higher Power has shown you in the light...Have a blessed and productive day..Now let me see ,what can we do ,I got about $17.00 and my wife about $9.00...I know....:)
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Congrats Mike, ... ... ... WOW, 28 years with the same woman ??? ... ... ... How did SHE do it ? ... LOL
Okay, Okay, ... ... Looks like you and I got lucky or somethin' ... next month me and mine do number 38 ... at this point I don't remember life without her, hardly ...
Congratulations again ... ... ... It's indeed becoming a very rare thing to find anyone married as long as we have been ... Hey!!! ... ... remember back when we dated our girls? ... $26 dollars would have gone a long way man ... about .38 cents for a gallon of gas ... $3 each for a great movie ... great big milk shake for a buck ... Shoney's curb service for about $4 of $5 ...
Well, I guess just having $26 today means you're in the plus, so I'm grateful you at least have that ... BUT ... I realize that's not even a 1/2 tank of gas today ... So ... ... I suggest you buy as much 'Ice Cream' as you can get with your money and find a nice "Park' to sit under the star and eat it with to night ... LOL ... works for me ... and my little woman ain't too picky either ... Ha!
Take Care and God Bless, Pappy
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
I think there's an invisible principle of living...if we believe we're guided through every step of our lives, we are. Its a lovely sight, watching it work.
Hey Mike, ... This 'Blonde' thing that's going on with Kendra has fried my brain I think ... or at the very least, she's rubbing her 'blondness' off on me ... I said(posted) above that my wife and I were celebrating our 38th anniv. this year in july ... Well my wife brought this very conversation up over dinner tonite ... she said it'll be what 38 years?, I said yep .... Then she asked me ... Which year did we get married in? ... I said '73 ... then she asked, what year are we in right now? ... I said 2012 ... Then I said sh_t, ... ... ... this will be our 39th anniv. .... Damn, how can two of us have a 'senior moment' at the same time??? ... LOL
Okay, okay, .... this may not be Ha, ha funny to anyone else, but we thought it was hilarious ... go figure ...
Congrats again, Pappy
P.S. She said yeah, it only took me 35 years to make you into the man I wanted ... LMAO
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Hey Pappy yes I was reminded that through my 3 marriages have been married for 41 total years...10...3 and 28 and counting.Of course I let my wife know I was just practicing till I found her....She raised her eyebrows and didnt say anything...ahhh love is bless..:) hopefully ,WITH MY hIGHER pOWERS HELP AND SOME DAILY WORK IM GETTIN THIS THING TOGETHER SOMEWHAT..IM STILL NOT SURE IF I WOULD LIVE WITH ME,BUT BLESSED i AM..................
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
