ha!
Seriously - this street is lined with people in the AA Program here in town.
I was just outside checking out the sunset
(I try to catch as many as I can)
And behind my house is my step-sponsor's house.
Not my 'official' sponsor, but a 'stand in' sponsor when I need her
because she's closer to my own age and background
than is my actual sponsor.
They built the house about two years ago,
and today they put in their yard.
Uh... grass, I mean.
The transformation is amazing.
dirt
grass
But I was just looking out there,
and their whole family is there,
playing in the (new) sprinklers, barbequeing...
the oldest girl graduated college this spring.
And I remembered becoming friends with her almost seven years ago,
when I came to AA the first time.
Then I remembered
At one time...
I was a... smaller person.
I would have been jealous of this woman and her husband.
(both in recovery)
jealous of their new cars
their new clothes
their jobs
their relationship
their health even.
(mocking inner voice)
*
well if I felt better, I could have a job and be okay too*
that crap.
Instead -
I look out my back window
(well where I'm housesitting window)
and I see the
Promises.
Right. There.
I see children a couple of them young adults now
who have been in and around the Program for over ten years.
Anhd by the Grace of God
or simple providence...
The Infinite saw fit to slam me
like a cosmic yard - dart
right in the midst of this place.
I don't know if it gave me a sense of hope
or if I accepted what I saw as proof...
This is what happens in SOBRIETY.
I freakin LOVE this street, man.