Hey there running girl...
I saw those piccys and you looked raring to go there on the starting line ...
I'm guessing your rock was there too? And loving every minute.
When I went to watch the one near me last year I was also blubbering as folks came into the finish line ...it's an emotional day for sure ...and nothing to feel ashamed about ...
Some even ran with doggies but it was a tad cooler than these past weeks..
Well ..you are living life to the full and that's what it's all about Hun...I am topping up my tan daily and pretty proud I have some colour.
I can pretend I've been abroad to costa del Chester ...lol
Always reading and following your posts ..
R and D xx
What a lovely post. Well done in running the race in all that heat. You never cease to amaze me, your outlook is wonderful.
Columbo
blondie
A huge thankyou for the kind words on my thread, life really is something to be treasured.
well done on completing your run, the humility in your post i know comes from deep within that big heart of yours.
We are very privileged to have found recovery, something that has won respect for what it delivers.
that my friend is life.
You have taken yours back with both hands and for it be very proud.
like your mum you are too a survivor.
just for today keep enjoying that.
duncs stepping forward never back.
Hi Blondie,
I cannot say it any better than Duncs already has. Selfishly, I miss your daily thread but, I am just brimming with pride for you as well!! Massive hugs from a grubbly old warrior cowgirl. Yeeeehah!! -joanxxxxx
Wow what a strong post. Well done you for completing the race and supporting an amazing cause. It must've been emotional. I think everyone has been affected by cancer somewhere In there family or friends and lets hope with fundraisers like this we can do our bit to help save someone down the line.
On the gambling front or ex-gambling front your doing terrific and all one day at a time. Really amazing you should be proud of the person you have become over this journey. Keep that journey going I for one love the new blondie.
Ooo la la ..I know your away right now ...sunning it up but just bumping your diary back up to where it belongs xxx
R and d xx
Still gamble free 15 months down the line what have I learnt well there isn't enough room to write it all. What I know for sure is today I didn't gamble because I meet each day as its my first day gamble free.
Just for today I didn't gamble. Lovely trip to Paris last weekend front row to watch the tour de France, amazing.
Life is so much easier without gambling ruining it and me everyday. I don't ever want to go back to those dark depressing miserable days.
Take care all
Blondiebxxx
Hey Blondie
Great to hear from you and know how much you are still enjoying your gamble free days.
I can imagine that was an amazing experience in Paris.
Take care and have a lovely weekend.
Lady Feb.xx
Great stuff Blondie... well done! regards.. S.A 🙂
Joy comes to us in moments... Ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
Our Culture of scarcity keeps us afraid of living small, ordinary lives, but when you talk to people who have survived great losses, it is clear that joy is not a constant.
Without exception everyone who has experienced loss talks about what they miss the most the "ordinary moments."
" If i could come downstairs and see my dad sitting at the table reading his paper. If I could here is voice again, If i could receive a text from him, he never did know how to use his phone. Id give anything to get one of those texts right now....
Be grateful for what you have..... Dont take what you have for granted. Celebrate it....
Dont apologise for what you have. Be grateful for it and share your gratitude with others. Are you parents healthy ? Be thrilled. Let them know how much they mean to you...
When you honor what you have, You're honouring what ive lost.
Stop looking for the extraordinary and appreciate the ordinary moments in life because when there gone...... There gone.
Its my dads birthday on wednesday, and I wanted to share my thoughts.
I love you dad...
Second star to the right and straight on till morning.........
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
hi blondie
havent spoke for a while, what i will say is you are still going great guns, reading your last post i would say i am proud of you for sticking at it and doing fantastically well but im sure your dad is looking down at you very proud acknowledging you as his warrior daughter
stick at it my friend
carl
Beautiful last post there Blondie.
Will raise a glass this Wednesday to the 2nd star on the right. A proud bright star at that!
Wishing you well
Hi Blondie,
Such a beautiful post gripped my heart. Always appreciate what you have, we live once so why not to make the most of it.
Take care and carry the best memories where it belongs - in your big heart.
Best of luck in everything you do, really inspiring posts keep it up.
Sandra x
Blondie.
It is so true we don't always know what we had until it is gone, and unfairly sometimes before it's time.
My mum shares with me something our dear friend Kim left engrained upon her memory before she was sadly taken from us.
'life is not a rehersal'
It's true i live today because I truly want to.
Not a moment wasted.
For the same i see for you.
A huge well done on your 15months abstinence.
Something to be proud of.
With recovery we grow, free from the weeds that starved us.
Thanks for sharing.
Duncs stepping forward never back.
hey Hun
That's so true ..the things you say there about the small things..
On my posts when I say that folks haven't lost enough yet..that's what I mean ..in my tactful way of course ..lol
I do not take people for granted and never have done , never had the option since aged 14.
However, many Folks have taken me for granted and assumed I would still be there,
You can't put old heads on young shoulders ..death at close range changes people ..a lot of the drive in me to find resolution now is because you cannot have that once a person is gone, in my days in 12 step it was misunderstood as having too much expectation of others ...it really wasn't about that..
I was like the teacher in class who claps their hands in front of people to shock them into waking up...i am driven to resolve in my lifetime because I know how fragile and temporary life is...
My lot go overnight with no warning"..sudden deaths..
No time to make ammends and say what you really sent to say...
This is what drives the urgency in me now..if my pals don't answer my texts in an hour I think they have died!
Of all my mothers possessions the things that I still keep 32 yrs on are....her specs, her slippers and a shopping list with her handwriting on.
Xxx
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