•the ability to be present with my family during the holidays.
•the ability to be quiet and still during the holidays.
•little moments: Barkley just took a break from eating to come get some love from me.
•meeting another Bernese Mountain dog yesterday.
•getting coffee with both Nick and Keeton yesterday.
•the opportunity to chair a meeting on Christmas morning.
•the opportunity to chair an H&I at the detox where I got sober on Christmas.
•feeling as though I have been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected.
•the completely new set of conceptions and motives that have begun to dominate my life.
•Barkley being as happy, healthy, and bouncy as he’s ever been.
God, thank you for my life.
-M
P.S. Merry Christmas!! 
