Part of the Journey ...

todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful

for Mom's new speech therapist - much better than the last one

for Mom's new physical therapist who takes a much more personal approach

that Mom is getting a private room today after sharing with a roommate the past 2 weeks

that we can share about very serious topics at the 6:30am meeting, usually between the laughter

that a friend was willing to listen to me one-on-one yesterday which seems to have brought me out of my isolating feelings

that my projections about what will happen are almost always worse than what actually happens (this was proven to me once again yesterday)

that I handed over some 90+ year-old family photographs to Mom's 80 year-old cousin for him to keep -- one of which was a great picture of him at age 20 in his military uniform

for a nice Step 4 meeting at noon yesterday in which BOTH my sponsee's attended (that's a first!)

that R.J. seems to be handling his Mom's death with Courage

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
-Beverly Sills