June 4, 2008…a day to celebrate
today is the birthday…
well, honestly..i don’t feel 43;) i still feel as though i’m floating around in my late 20s/early 30s, but the grey on the temples says otherwise;)
its really been a good day..one of the first sober birthdays in way too many years, and i have the Lord to thank for that!
this same time last year, i was blacking out at the end of my final dj gig, and feeling absolutely wiped out, spiritually void, and spent..so, the contrast between last year and this alone is a miracle in and of itself;)
there again, thank you, Lord..
i want to thank all of you for the birthday comments, messages, etc..right off the bat this morning, from across the ocean..i received b-day wishes from a good friend of mine, and the day has pretty much continued in the same direction..
actually, over the past couple of days, i’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of birthday greetings coming in, and i want to thank each and everyone of you for them..
for what its worth, one of my best friends (of 27 years) messaged me about 5 or 6 days ago telling me happy belated birthday..hehehehe…aw, buyer yer funny;)
this particular birthday also comes shortly after my 10-month sobriety, delivered from a life of heavy substance abuse…
in fact, this is the first birthday in i don’t know how long where there wasn’t a marijuana pipe attached to my lips, and a head reeling from too much alcohol, let alone all of the other assorted drugs over the years that always seemed to accompany this “special” day…Lord, thank you for pulling me out of all of that…
i spoke with my mom this morning, and that was good(as always)..
and i just thought i’d take a moment to say thanks to all of you, once again, for being such an important part of my life…i thank God for each of you every day, seriously..and yer all in my prayers;)
God bless y’all much..
d
