Tonight is my last night in my halfway house, and I can't help but be a little bit nervous, scared, excited and amazed. This place has been my home for the last year of my life, in which EVERYTHING in my life has changed. It is where I made my best friends in life, and the love of my life. I have so many good memories here.
About 11 months ago, my roomates and I set off dry ice bombs out the back patio, and everyone thought it was someone shooting a shotgun in the nearby ghetto. Fun times!
When I first got over here after inpatient rehab, my roomate Scuba and I played "houseball", where we have a whiffle ball and bat and the goal was to hit the ball inside the house and make as much noise and do as much damage as possible. One time my friend Shawn was pitching in the kitchen, and I hit the ball perfectly....right into his cheek. It was hilarious!
So I am sitting in my living room all alone, no roomates home at all, and I am remembering all of the amazing times I have had here. I knew it would be time to get my own place eventually, but the last year has gone by really fast.
I have a car again, a really good job, amazing friends and supports, and the ability to chose to live my life differently. God has blessed me so much, and I am forever grateful to Him.
I owe my life to The Watershed, and the people who have taken an interest in my life. Lt. Dan, Mark, Robert, Sean, Rita, Rashida, Rebecca, Joan and of course Lenny. You all have given me a chance to succeed in life again, and believed in me even when it almost seemed hopeless. Thank you.
Wish me luck everybody, tomorrow my entire life begins again. I pray that God gives me strength and faith for the times ahead.
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