Thank you my friends for your early birthday wishes. One more day of being 53, sigh! I PASSED MY EXAM. That definitely deserves capital letters, lol. I got a whopping 80% when only 75 was needed. Worst case scenario was that I would have had to rewrite it in about 2 months so I just focussed on the questions and decided to stop stressing and do the best I could. I am off to babysit my granddaughter Sarah today and have not seen her in over a week so I am excited since at a year old I know there will be changes in her. Bill took me out for dinner on Saturday with his kids and my daughter for an early birthday celebration and it was wonderful. There was a beautiful vase of two dozen GREEN roses waiting for me on the restaurant table (my favourite colour). I am also the proud owner of a beautiful GREEN coach purse (my first), thank you Bettie I love you. I look forward to the coming year because I know that more good things are looming on the horizon. There will also be bad things, unexpected things that will challenge my addiction, but I am learning new coping mechanisms every day and am embracing the changes in my life. I still get urges but I don’t want to risk my happiness and the happiness of those close to me by giving in to them, the momentary rush of gambling will not replace the peace and self worth I have found. Hope everyone has a terrific day, hang in there RG, one day at a time will eventually turn in to a change for the better. Debbie
