It's been 8 years

Today I celebrate 8 years of recovery!!! Where has the time gone? When my birthday gets close I do a lot of reflecting of where I came from and what's going on now...some days I want someone to pinch me how did life ever get this good? Being sober rocks....sobriety still has trials but I'll take sober trials any day!!!! I'm so grateful to be sober, to have a relationship with my family, to have a son who is the highlight of most (lol) of my days, to own a home, to have a job, to have a relationship with my higher power which I wouldn't trade for anything, to have friends who love him, to have peace in my heart and (even tho a few of you don't agree) to have Jimmy in my life! I'm looking forward to what this next year has in store and I know as long as I stay sober anything is possible!

It's my....

~Birthday~

okay, it's not really till the 4th (right now go mark it on your calendar...march 4...that's this Wednesday!!!) I need to take full advantage of the week!!! I love birthdays and think that everyone should have a week long celebration which would consist of lots of gifts, no work, all the food you want to eat with no negative consequences to the body and yummy yummy cake!!! Unfortunately, I'm usually let down...I fantasize of what I would like it to look like and it never quite turns out that way. Here are some examples; when I turned 14 my dad said I could wear make-up...so, all my friends that came gave me make-up. I got caught wearing nail polish (is that really make-up??) a few days before my birthday and he grounded me from my presents for 2 weeks!! What was this girl to do!?? When I turned 16 that was the magic age to start dating and to drive...well, no guys came knocking on my door and I did not have a 3.0 GPA to drive so that birthday was ruined too. Well, my mom did throw me a sweet 16 and I invited all her friends and got really cool gifts so I guess it wasn't that bad...lol! When I turned 30 I cried...I threw a great party but I was devastated at where I was at and how much time I'd wasted. Now I'm turning 35 and I can't wait to see what life has in store--I'm really excited! I asked Cameron what he was getting me for my birthday and he said, "I'm going to give you a Pokemon...no, I'll give you one of my toys I don't want to play with anymore...you'll really like it mom!"

WARNING: You might be hearing about my birthday A LOT this week!!!!