Blog for March 16th, 2026
Spring Blessings
Things are getting better! Day by day, hour by hour, I’m finally not in great pain with my sciatica. I am so super grateful for that. And when the pain is lessened, other things are looking up as well. I am able to think and focus a little more clearly. I am able to complete my work easier, make plans, call people I’ve been needing to talk to and get things done around the house and yard. Boy, that feels good, I am back among the living. What a blessing.
In fact, I have even attended my home group for the first time since January 3rd when I gave my husband a cake for his forty-one years clean! 😊 Whoo hooo. I miss my peeps and it was an awesome, comfortable meeting. It was full of recovery and love, just what I needed. My husband even felt well enough to go with me and had a great share. I’m so grateful for all of this. All I ever want to do is just to share recovery and love on the people that are searching for a better life. They are there to get a better life and live happy, joyous and free. What a blessing!
Even though I haven’t been to physical meetings or any events in the last couple of months, besides my sister’s funeral, I have kept as busy as possible in my condition. I attend about five or so zoom meetings a week and go to the area (business) meeting on zoom. I attend the Web committee that I am a part of in my region on zoom also. In fact, I have done step work with sponsees on zoom as well. Thank God for zoom. 😊It is a huge blessing.
I also work online, and our staff meetings are on zoom, which is great. I have been in constant contact with my kids on an app called Marco Pollo, I love it. All this technology really helps me to stay connected and “a part of” of the people I love, the recovery I seek and the work I need to do. So, all of this has been life & spirit sustaining. I did have a few down times, I mean, winter is never my happy time anyway. Because I am a “S.A.D,” sufferer. Which means “Seasonal Affectedness Disorder”. January and February are a let down from the holidays, and pretty cold and dark, a lot of overcast days, which can bring me down.
But now, Spring is upon us, and we have been having unusually nice, warm weather in March. And since I’m feeling better, I am anxious to get some yard work done, but I can’t. I still can’t bend over and pick things up or pull weeds. But that’s ok, I’ll find a helper. One guy wanted $800 to whack some weeds! I laughed and laughed! Very greedy. Anyway, in God’s time, it’ll all work out. The coming of Spring also marks my baby girl’s birthday. In fact, it is today as I write. We took her out to a nice lunch at the Inn by the lake and lavished her with gifts and love. She is an amazing, beautiful woman. And I mean that for her insides and outsides. She is gorgeous and has a heart of gold. I can’t even express how much I love her and how grateful I am that she is my daughter. God is good to me for sure. She is a special blessing to me.
Again, my husband felt good enough to join us and that is always a very special occurrence for us. I love him so much and I enjoy seeing him come out to celebrate with our family when he can. When we got home today, we did our daily meditation time and prayed together as we are in the habit of doing. 😊 It is a sweet, peaceful and loving time for us and it brings God into our home, into our midst. He’s feeling so good that he’s even fixing a leaky faucet, yay! You just never know from whence our strength comes from. This, is a blessing because that drip, drip, drip has been driving me crazy! Lol.
Now that I can enjoy the Spring and getting things done and ready for our summer months, which will also be sweet. I just booked rooms near my grandson’s home in order to be there for his graduation or is it an induction into the medical field? He is a full fledge doctor and I couldn’t be prouder. What a beautiful man he is, he was always a wonderful child, and now he will be able to help others take good care of his wife and three sons. What a blessing he is. All my grandkids are blessings and do quite well. The youngest one can be a struggle with doing his schoolwork, but is a kind, sweet, adorable young man. He will be fine. 😊 Another blessing.
Wow, I can sure hear the change in my attitude in this blog. I’m coming up out of the pain, despair and sadness. I’m so grateful for that. Plus, I have a week off right now, the college I work for is on break and I turned in all the grades Friday. So, yay! Thank you, Lord, for all these blessings and for me not relapsing when my pain was going off the charts. Thanks to You and recovery, I followed the doctor’s orders and didn’t even take much of the pain meds they prescribed. I’m happy to have endured without it. God is good. I prayed a lot, a whole lot and have received these blessings because I stayed clean and in prayer.
Question of the Week: What are your blessings this week?
