Mon. For Today
Sorry for not posting the past few days, I had company and was very busy. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday!
November 28th,
Hope is the risk that must be run.
Georges Bernanos
Have I tried and failed? Try again. The Big Book says, "If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take certain steps."
Going to any length means taking twelve specific steps, one day at a time,
and never being finished. In the process, sanity will be restored and abstinence will become a reality.
Hope and willingness are the springboards to recovery. The hope of being healed of my illness is a risk I'm willing to run today and every day.
For today: I have hope, or I wouldn't be in OA. do I have the willingness to take that leap into the steps; into abstinence?
Hiya Lynda
It's been quite a while since I spoke w/you. Glad to hear from ya!
Thanksgiving went well. My daughter finally let me talk to my granddaughter again just in time for Thanksgiving. It was a long 3weeks without being able to speak to her. She had to work on Thanksgiving, so she let me have her from Wed.-Sun. Just she and I went to friends for dinner. We had a nice time. Gary had to work that day also, poor guy.
Girl you are gonna need some warm clothes for sure. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Hope you have a nice time. How long will you be there for?
Gary is flying home this Sun.-Wed. His birthday and our 23rd Anniversary is that Mon. (b-day) & Sat. (anniv.). We are taking our two grandsons to Disney on Mon., Gary's actual b-day. Should be fun.
I'm flying to NJ on Dec. 19th and then to Boston the 26th. Flying back home New Years Day with Gary. His last day at work will be the 31st of Dec. He is giving his two week notice. He took the job offer at Intel in Colorado Springs. He starts Jan. 16th. I have been dealing w/some real emotions over this move. I think that's why I haven't really posted or replied much to other posts lately. So much going through my head. I have come to accept that this will be a good thing for us in the long run.
My children have to grow up and be more responsible for their own kids and stop depending on Mom and Dad to be! I love my grandkids so much that this hurts to leave them, but I have to trust them into God's hands. I can't be their Savior. Only God can be that to them. It's time for DH and I to live our lives now.
I am planning on getting a part time job so I can fly the grandkids to visit during the summer and we will see how next Christmas goes. Everyone is going through emotional times right now over this decision. Our best friends are taking it very hard. Although they do understand Gary's decision to relocate. I am trying very hard to think on the positive side and am starting to look forward to the adventure of it all. We have been looking at a lot of houses online. Found one that we absolutely fell in love with. Intel is flying us out for 5days the begining of Jan. so we can look around. I have no idea when I will actually be moving out there, but until then, I will be one busy lady. Thank God they are going to have a moving co. come in and pack for us and take care of all the moving expenses. I still have to sort through things myself, but minor compared to if I had to pack up this whole house on my own. Yikes!
I have an OA Sponsor as of last night and I think she is going to be a great deal of help and support for me during this time of transistion. I started today to commit to a schedule of eating w/her and cutting out ALL carbs for now. She also wants me to start journaling. I fight that one big time. Ugh! I did however stop myself twice today from picking something up to stuff my face w/and asked myself "what" was bothering me to want to stuff. I knew right away as to why and it did help. I just didn't write it down. I suppose I should really comply with her request.
It will be to my benifit if I do.
My this is a long reply. LOL....This is what happens when I don't communicate and isolate myself. I will be busy, but I need to at least check in more w/everyone. I do miss all of you dearly and hope all is well w/everyone.
Have a great trip Lynda, and we must get together before I move.
Love,
Jeannie
It's been quite a while since I spoke w/you. Glad to hear from ya!
Thanksgiving went well. My daughter finally let me talk to my granddaughter again just in time for Thanksgiving. It was a long 3weeks without being able to speak to her. She had to work on Thanksgiving, so she let me have her from Wed.-Sun. Just she and I went to friends for dinner. We had a nice time. Gary had to work that day also, poor guy.
Girl you are gonna need some warm clothes for sure. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Hope you have a nice time. How long will you be there for?
Gary is flying home this Sun.-Wed. His birthday and our 23rd Anniversary is that Mon. (b-day) & Sat. (anniv.). We are taking our two grandsons to Disney on Mon., Gary's actual b-day. Should be fun.
I'm flying to NJ on Dec. 19th and then to Boston the 26th. Flying back home New Years Day with Gary. His last day at work will be the 31st of Dec. He is giving his two week notice. He took the job offer at Intel in Colorado Springs. He starts Jan. 16th. I have been dealing w/some real emotions over this move. I think that's why I haven't really posted or replied much to other posts lately. So much going through my head. I have come to accept that this will be a good thing for us in the long run.
My children have to grow up and be more responsible for their own kids and stop depending on Mom and Dad to be! I love my grandkids so much that this hurts to leave them, but I have to trust them into God's hands. I can't be their Savior. Only God can be that to them. It's time for DH and I to live our lives now.
I am planning on getting a part time job so I can fly the grandkids to visit during the summer and we will see how next Christmas goes. Everyone is going through emotional times right now over this decision. Our best friends are taking it very hard. Although they do understand Gary's decision to relocate. I am trying very hard to think on the positive side and am starting to look forward to the adventure of it all. We have been looking at a lot of houses online. Found one that we absolutely fell in love with. Intel is flying us out for 5days the begining of Jan. so we can look around. I have no idea when I will actually be moving out there, but until then, I will be one busy lady. Thank God they are going to have a moving co. come in and pack for us and take care of all the moving expenses. I still have to sort through things myself, but minor compared to if I had to pack up this whole house on my own. Yikes!
I have an OA Sponsor as of last night and I think she is going to be a great deal of help and support for me during this time of transistion. I started today to commit to a schedule of eating w/her and cutting out ALL carbs for now. She also wants me to start journaling. I fight that one big time. Ugh! I did however stop myself twice today from picking something up to stuff my face w/and asked myself "what" was bothering me to want to stuff. I knew right away as to why and it did help. I just didn't write it down. I suppose I should really comply with her request.
It will be to my benifit if I do.
My this is a long reply. LOL....This is what happens when I don't communicate and isolate myself. I will be busy, but I need to at least check in more w/everyone. I do miss all of you dearly and hope all is well w/everyone.
Have a great trip Lynda, and we must get together before I move.
Love,
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