KenL

He's so lucky, Nel.

Mine is Folger's Black Silk. It's the darkest roast they have, which I love.

Scooch is to sort of inch along in one form or another, Nel. Sort of like a child does on her butt.

HideorSeek

noooooooooooooooooooooo....you only just arrived!!!!!!

Fine...be that way....guess I have to start my morning routine....

KenL

Gotta run, have a great day/eve y'all.

Believe808

In work, will keep checking in.

Hi Lis & Ken have a good sober day.

Lis are there any meetings where you are? Do you go to them?

Emily2002

OK. I literally sprayed coffee out of my nose.

Really -- Bee... Thank you for adding us (Nana and myself) to your LIS list. I really do think of you all throughout my day, every day. And I will definitely keep you in mind this evening as you complete this very important part of your journey. Live in the moment today, though, or you'll be a nervous mess... Anticipation can be good, but if you're like me sometimes it can get the best of me. BREATHE and smile. There's nothing more gratifiying than having my kids proud of me, and I'm thinking wow -- GOOD FOR BEE tonight!

Ro -- thinking of you as get through this day, as I'm pretty darned sure you're probably dragging. Hope that all of our supportive energy makes its way to you there in the CA and wraps you in its warmth.

Louis -- I'll pray for you and your daughter for sure. Two out of my four kids deal with depression (unfortunately my genes) and it makes me feel so helpless and you're right Lis --- the HURT is so incredibly visceral.

Nels -- I just love reading your words of wisdom and your humor ... well that is a breath of fresh air as well. Grateful for that.

Nana -- It is kind of nice to get chauffered for a change, isn't it? And if you're like me -- did having your husband drive you to work almost feel like "a date?" lol I don't know -- we don't get much time together and things out of the ordinary like that somehow seem special. lol

Hey there, Stoney! Driving anywhere fun today? When do you find out the permanent status of your license? Been keeping fingers and toes crossed for you, big time.

Liz -- Still thinking about the book you mentioned last night. Think I'll have to stop by Barnes and Noble later today... My daughter -- the one who's in CA right now -- laughs at my personal "self help" library section. lol What can I say?

Ken -- where in the WORLD did you find that picture? The catguy in the striped suit? So THAT'S what Stoney would look like!!!! Hahaha

(((Scoob))) SO glad you're hanging here with us. A moment at a time will eventually pay off.

Off from work today and meeting my dad's new girlfriend. It's been over seven years since my mom passed, and it's wonderful to see him actually looking FORWARD to life again for a change. I'll be on and off this morning until then, so I'll see you in a bit.

Hugs,

Liz

Believe808

Louis doesn't have any daughter I know of.

Think that was Kate (Anon) lol

That's great Liz, I guess when its the right time, that's when we move forward.

Thanks for that tidbit, it helps me.

HideorSeek

Ok, I have yet to start exercising....

I did TOO Liz, spray coffee that is! BTW, for a peek at her style...read the essay The muddling Glory of God and see what you think...I would have posted the essay, in entirety, but it is several pages long, one, and two, I don't know HOW!!! Her book "Travelling Mercies..." is supposed to be about her road to sobriety....

Bee...about meetings here...I haven't yet....maybe this year...this island is VERY small and, from what I understand (I have called the #), they have 2-3 people!!! Can you imagine? I'm used to meetings of 20+....but heah, what's the phrase...anytime there are more than two alcoholics in a room, it's a meeting....We'll see....

Believe808

All it takes for a meeting is a coffee pot and 2 alkies,

and the coffee pot is not a necessity.

They might be happy to see a new face to help THEM

stay sober.

HideorSeek

uh oh...I think I see the "stompin smilie" headed my way....

You know I love you, girlfriend!!!

Emily2002

OK -- that's embarrassing. I'd begun to type something out for Louis -- walked away from laptop for a bit and picked up where I'd left off... obviously in the wrong place...

My apologies to Louis and KATE!!!! I'd better stick to screen names, too, to be safe I guess...

Believe808

No Lis, you know what you need to do.

nelco

ok ok I peeked!! but I am really going back to work in a minute.

louis has a daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wait till he comes home!!!!!




lovely about your dad Lis. Now lets see what we can do for Bee!!

Emily2002

What I meant to post for Louis was ... I love your the "location" under your name!

Again, thanks Bee for setting me straight.

And BTW Bee -- I listened last night to NPR on my dirve home. Terry Gross interviewed Ruth Reichl (editor of the soon to be defunct Gourmet Magazine) and they talked about her memoir Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way . The part that stuck with me -- and made me think of so many of us was the part about finally being able to move on once we've accepted ourselves and given ourselves permission to really LIVE. Her mother didn't "let go" until she was something like 78 years old. Very interesting book about Mother/daughter relationships -- and another I'd like to read soon.

parentrecovers

hey LISers! good morning! i'm startin' with a cold this morning, so today - keepin' it simple..

maybe i'll lay on the couch under a blankie and watch tv..

sounds boring. i think i can do better than THAT!

stay safe today, and do something that makes you proud.

hugs, k

:ghug3

Believe808

ha ha its Liz dad not Lis dad.

HideorSeek

uh, Nel...I'm lis, she's Liz....see, liz you are not alone, in more ways than one!

Emily2002

Lis -- You're on an ISLAND? A warm one? If so, I'll bet it's a far cry from Massachusetts right now!

HideorSeek

ya beat me, Bee!

HideorSeek

Yes, I am, Liz....and very, very, very grateful!

Believe808

K Want some of the chicken soup Rusty sent me?