More than once it has occurred to me that there is something terribly wrong with me. Crappy things just seem to happen more than others. Then it dawned on me that I had allowed people and circumstances to skew my perception, to decrease my faith. Once again I had taken my eyes off of God and placed them where they did not belong.

I have had just as many miraculous things come out of the crappy events. In fact I am reminded that the bad often leads to the good.

It's been a rough weekend with my brother. I'm afraid he is going to wind up in some kind of facility rather than being able to go it independently. He isn't willing to try. Fear governs his life and he quits before he even begins.

I received three letters from my new sponsee. Al-Anon gave me the opportunity to correspond with someone in a women's prison. I've tried to keep it Al-Anon. I haven't asked any questions. I've let her decide what the topic will be. This weekend I discovered a lot more about her. She's revealed a lot in this last letter. She even went so far as to ask me for relationship advice. Me? I suck at relationships and I told her so.

When I was asked to chair this week's Awakening meeting I went back to my books and found a wonderful relationship reading on p. 326 of Hope for Today. My primary relationship should be my relationship with God, then myself and, lastly, others. Sometimes I get off track and put myself dead last. I'm still learning.

Got to get the final touches done on my portfolios. This means I have to go into an explanation of what each page means. Ugh! But I've got to do this or they'll never be finished.

Snow is in the forecast for today. I really hope it passes us by because it will effect driving conditions for tomorrow morning. Mom's having cataract surgery and I've got to have here at the hospital by 6:45 tomorrow morning. You can't see black ice in the dark.