I worked at my part time job today. It is a 10 bed detox unit. I said to my partner, can you believe that the year 2009 is marching on. It will be Christmas before we know it! As a matter of fact, I have already ordered my Christmas cards.
My husband has often said that he lost his "day stretcher". What is a day stretcher? Remember back when we were children and the days and months lasted so long? Summers were my favorite time of the year...not just because we were out of school, but because it was such a special time that seemed to last and last. I loved spending days down by the river where I grew up or down at the coast. Remember how LONG it took for our birthday and Christmas to get here when we were kids? That is because as children, we had a DAY STRETCHER. The days lasted forever.
As we grow older, we lose our day stretcher and time seems to pass much more quickly. Thank God I have learned how to appreciate each day, when I take time to do that.
Thank you all for being here. I am grateful to be clean today. I am grateful for the wonderful opportunity I had with my children tonight. We spend the evening at the movies. I love laughing with them. That is priceless.
Tags: The Year Is Going By So Fast
