and the saga of Junemas!
Blog for June 10th 2024
Birth Days
That’s right, “birth” day! The day that a particular human or creature comes to planet Earth and begins life. When it is born, it becomes separated from its mother and begins a separate life. Hopefully, a loving, happy and free life. Or something near that. As a baby or youngling, it must be nurtured and cared for until it is able to care for itself. Hopefully, that is by eighteen years old for a human.
The word “birth” is also used to describe a new idea, thought, plan, hope, love, or to begin anew. I feel like my clean date was a birthing for me. Because my life really began then. And during the course of my recovery, I have been blessed with some pretty awesome grandkids. And the fun part is that two of my granddaughters were born one day apart, the 9th & 10th of June, and three more were born on the 14th, the same day as my husbands birthday. Wow!
So, yea, I have five grandchildren within five days, plus my husband. We call it Junemas around here. Lots of parties and gift giving. Kind of like Christmas. 😊 It is a special time and I love it. I love each and every one of them with all my heart. None of my grandkids have ever seen me high or seen me drink one lick of alcohol- by the grace of God.
I can’t tell you how proud and grateful I am for all these grand kids, and for my husband. We will be celebrating him special this coming Saturday as he has reached a big milestone, and we all love him so much. Being clean and in recovery for the last thirty-nine years has enabled us to be much better grandparents than we would have been otherwise.
My heart is full with all these birth- day peeps of mine, they are my reward and a gift from above for staying clean and alive. Starting with my husband and kids, they were/are my big motivation for staying clean, so yes, I will be celebrating them all and praising my God for a life of being clean and loving them with all my heart.
We talk about the gifts of recovery, these are my gifts, along with living a life worth living. Taking care of myself, my husband, a good job, a home, friends and family to enhance our days. None of this means we haven’t had our share of heartbreak in all this time. But it pales in comparison to the joys that have been laid on us, and this week, we are in celebration for the lives of those we love so much. So Happy Birthday to all my little loves and to my husband, my biggest love of all! He is my recovery partner, my life partner, the best man I’ve ever known, now that’s a lot to celebrate. I love Junemas.
Question of the Week: Who do you love to celebrate?
