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1) Started college. 2) Got an email account. 3) Started following Jesus. 4) Converted to vegetarian…then vegan. 5) First dating relationship. 6) Got a cell phone. 7) Lived overseas. 8) Qualified for Boston. 9) Graduated college. 10) First break-up. 11) One-night-stand with sushi…reconverted to carnivorous living. 12) Took 40W to new home in Los Angeles. 13) Started grad school.  14) Started learning about following Jesus. 15) Decided to stop running. 16) Saw Meg Ryan at grocery store. 17) Spent time in Africa. 18) First niece was born. 19) Graduated grad school. 20) Took 10E to new home in Savannah. 21) Learning to follow Jesus. What stands-out as you remember the 00’s? What do you think will standout for history? |
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abbie -
first of all, i enjoy reading your blog
secondly, i love you!
thirdly, i just emailed ash about a trip to see you
mid-november?
also, what is this next decade to be dubbed?
we are ending the aughts...
here come the...aught-nots?
hehehmmm
xoxo
d
love this idea. it inspired me to journal my own list.
Abbie!
When you're following Jesus, where do you go? I was following him once and he switched cabs on me twice and finally gave me the slip in a crowded cafeteria. So I had some hot n' sour cabbage soup and a toasted bagel with a schmear. It was really good. And when I got up to go, I realized he was sitting there with me the whole time.
2000, 2001, 2002: A steep rise in Jose Quervo and Budweiser preferred stock. (At least, if that's what you were stocking, that's what I preferred!)
2002: I asked my wife for a divorce. I got arrested for DUI. I smashed up my Suburban. Was informed by an alcohol and drug counselor that I was an alcoholic and a drug addict, and if I didn't stop drinking and taking Benzodiazepine I would be dead in a year. And got fired from the best job I'd ever had. (Do I know how to live or what??!!)
I became aware on that same day, that my addictions weren't my problem, they were my solutions. All mind altering substances assuaged and quieted the dissonance produced by living an inauthentic life. My separateness from others was intolerable. Budweiser fixed that, but not any more.
2003: I began to get sober, which is to say I began to practice honesty, authenticity, integrity, and a host of other spiritual principles, and God showed up. Again. Who knew?
2004: I got back together with my lovely bride.
2005 to present: God's mercy and grace! God's mercy and grace! God's mercy and grace! God's mercy and grace! God's mercy and grace! It's an abundant life!
The future: God's Province, God's Plan, and therefore none of my business!