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Well! Another year has gone by. MAN time
sure does fly. :( I don't think that is a
good thing either. It goes by faster and faster
with each year. SLOW down already! Right?
:) I try to keep that in mind in every decision I
make. Time does go by fast! So you better enjoy
not only the moment but everything in between. :)
FOUR years ago I was in Toronto...on my couch and I was
telling all of my friends that I would be returning to
America. I was stepping out in faith. Beaten and
battered from the stormy years previous. How I
even survived I do not know. I think, upon my
announcement, that my friends were shocked, excited,
scared, and a little bit of every emotion in between!
Then again...so was I!
It would be a long journey with some very rough seas.
BUT I knew that the day would come when everything would
be calm again. A day when the sunsets would be as
brilliant as heaven itself! I told my mom that we
would eventually sail the sea and we would witness
sunsets that would make even God Himself smile. :)
BUT WHO COULD HAVE DREAMED where we would be today?
Well maybe one or two people...but at the time :) not
me! I knew we would make some progress and I knew
everything would be okay in the end. I did have faith in
the final outcome. I just never thought we would
get there so fast. I don't think ANYONE dreamed
that.
In school, 100% sobriety - not even a lowertab from
the dentist, heading towards a Broadcast
Meteorology Degree, thinking about going back to school
for emergency management, Meteorological Specialist for
Ballard and McCracken Counties of Western KY, the
Disaster Vice Chair for four Western Kentucky Counties,
a family that is finally seeing some peace amongst them,
having started a nice business that is helping the
family as well...building houses! MAN WHAT
ELSE???? :) Then you have the SHADOW ANGEL
FOUNDATION :) which is going strong with much growth
ahead! A steady relationship for the first time in my
life. SCARY I know! We have one best friend
that was healed of Cancer. We have another that is
WELL on his way to retiring from his own business...well
TWO friends actually! Many awards later including
national and regional awards! WHAT ELSE COULD WE
HAVE POSSIBLY EVER DREAMED? I have been BLESSED
and I don't ever forget that.
I know that I never could have made the progress that
I have made without my family and close friends.
David has given so much to my recovery...Doug and Erick
as well. Kristy and Keri. All of my family.
MANY MANY friends along the way. You have Brett
down in Birmingham and Kristy that moved mountains.
Immigration attorneys that have been on the ball!
You have fate that seemed to be around EVERY corner.
Incredible stories along the way.
This has been a SLAM dunk four years. How could it
not be with a winning team like that made up of the
names below!!! I can only hope, dream, and pray
that the next four are even better. Is that even
possible? :)
THANK YOU David (who made me write down every goal
along the way...even though I thought he was CRAZY - and
yet he was virtually right on everything), Doug, Erick,
Kristy, Brett, Keri, Joey, Sue, all of my family and so
many other friends that I couldn't possibly name them
all. WOW what we have done!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CELEBRATION OF FOUR AMAZING -
INCREDIBLE - FIREWORKS
BURSTING
WITH FREEDOM - YEARS!
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