Lea and I went to Echo Glen again tonight. That might be the first time in a decade that
I went two weeks in a row. I don’t
know. Maybe Leslee and I went out there
repeatedly seven years ago. It was nice
to be out there twice in a row.
One of the girls asked Lea to share before the meeting started saying “I
want to hear your story”. Lea talked
about using from the age of 7 after her mother was diagnosed with terminal
cancer. Sharing during the meeting with
the kids was the happiest I have ever seen Lea look. It was like watching a beautiful flower bloom
in real-time.
I am grateful that Washington DSHS is progressive enough to offer
incarcerated youth a 3 month recovery program in a gorgeous setting. Echo Glen is a far better place than, say,
Green Hills in Centralia where one of the adult volunteers talked about
spending time as a child.
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