Lea and I went to the Puyallup fairgrounds today for the Washington
State Fair. It was a perfect 73° day for
the fair. We got there at noon checking
out as-seen-on-TV crapware (it was the first pavilion on the right when we got
in), crafts, 4H, flowers, vegetable displays, sheep (meh), cows (only two
breeds in the barn we went through), ate the best strawberry shortcake ever and
had some deep-fried chicken (fries were good, my chicken was from a heat lamp,
Lea’s chicken strip was hot). Thought
about trying to win a stuffed animal at a game then realized my skills were
never good and would be abysmal now.
Bought a sun dress and two hats in the spirit of going to the fair.
We drove home via the Green River Valley and Black Diamond checking out
the old farmhouse on the way. It was a
nice drive down a country road. We moved
there in 1959. I was born and raised on
the farm. Had it not been quite so
crazy, it would have been a wonderful place to grow up. Things have changed a lot in Valley over the
last 54 years! Still pretty rural, but
not much by way of working farms except for a couple small fields of corn.
We went swimming this evening and then worked for an hour on a Christian/bible
based 12-step workbook. We are now up to
doing a 4th step inventory.
This will be my fifth 4th step. It is Lea’s first 4th step. We have worked it 10x for one hour during
each study session. It is nice to be
able to help Lea learn how to study, discuss her emotions, feelings, thoughts
and work her way through the 12 steps.
She has an AA sponsor she last met with 3 weeks ago. I am not trying to be her sponsor, instead it
is more like an older student helping a younger student get through the
material.
I am grateful for a really good day in recovery spent with Lea at a
meeting, the fair, on a nice drive, swimming and doing the workbook together.
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