I am trying this again. So far so good…..
Happy Sober-versary, Dad
Dad would have been 20 years sober today, assuming that he remained living and didn’t take a drink over the past 7 months and 12 days.
If he were here, I would have sent him a card telling him how proud I was of him. How I knew it wasn’t easy to do what he did. We would have joked together that one year from today, his sobriety would be able to buy booze.
In 2001, the year before I moved to Tulsa, we made a big deal about it. It was the same day the American Airlines flight crashed in New York City, which would have been a big sad deal if the plane hadn’t been full of non-Americans and we weren’t so relieved for it not to have been terrorism. Still, we were still feeling a little precarious so we got two very rich chocolate cakes and Dad, my brother, my brother’s friend, a few of my friends, and a friend of Dad’s got together and ate as much of them and other snacks as we could. We just celebrated our family, and Dad’s resolve in particular.
It was one of my favorite days ever.
OMG Podcasts of college lectures....
Sorry, I know it’s like I’m first discovering fire years later than the rest of you.
As Number Five said in Short Circuit: “MORE INPUT!”
If a person doesn’t only ask ‘What can I do?’, but actually shows up and starts doing what you need because they know it, that’s one of your blessed companions. And if you have 2 or 3 in a lifetime you are truly blessed.
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| — | Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, All Souls Unitarian Church - Tulsa, “Who Cares?”, October 11, 2009 |
Two weeks ago: What can an iPhone do for me?
Today: OMG I hope I didn’t forget my charger! Podcasts! All day!
So I’m mostly using the technology that was available Christmas 2001.
If you know of any good podcasts that I might be missing that wouldn’t show up on Top 10 lists anywhere, please let me know….ashankle atIdon’treallycarethatmuchaboutspam gmail.
Emerson fell off a roller coaster toy at daycare
Big bump on head. No trip to doctor, based on judgement of daycare assistant director.
Veteran parents: Any signs to watch out for in a 20 month old? Seems like if she’s not fussy or throwing up and is acting like herself she’s probably fine? And if she gets a headache she’ll cry to let us know?
