I don't think there are any more 7/11 stores around. And Stop 'n Go seems to have gone away, too. Just sayin'. At home there was Minit Mart, and our grandmother, Mam Maw, used to call it Mini Mark. She also left out the '&' in M&Ms calling them MMs. She would offer to pop you some corn or ask if you wanted a dish of cream (ice cream). She was a wicked baker and kept cakes in the large freezer, each sitting on its own foil wrapped cardboard. That way you didn't have to worry about returning the cake plate.
Today I am grateful...
- that it's Friday and So starts her vacation when she leaves work today
- that my life and future is sustained by a Higher Power
- that my will and my life equates to my thoughts and my actions
- for toasted bagels and cream cheese
- that most people do not resent kind words
The other day the meeting topic was humility, or it was the 6th step--same thing. I find it always tough to talk about humility and never really have anything to share. I thought I would find something and keep it with me. I think I will print out the following:
Either the A.A. way of life becomes one of joy or I return to the darkness and despair of alcoholism. Joy comes to me when my attitude concerning God and humility turns to one of desire rather than of burden. The darkness in my life changes to radiant light when I arrive at the realization that being truthful and honest in dealing with my inventory results in my life being filled with serenity, freedom, and joy. Trust in my Higher Power deepens, and the flush of gratitude spreads through my being. I am convinced that being humble is being truthful and honest in dealing with myself and God. It is then that humility is something I "really want," rather being "something I must have." ~Daily Reflections
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Let's hear it for paid vacation!!!
I didn't know there were no more 7/11's. I had that same jingle in my head this morning.
Good Morning, and I love step 7! I think the last line of the reading from the daily reflections says it all "I am convinced that being humble is being truthful and honest in dealing with myself and God. It is then that humility is something I "really want," rather being "something I must have."
I just love you Scott!!! thanks for sharing about your Mam Maw
We have a 7-11 right here in Hell's Kitchen. Down on 42nd Street across from the Port Authority Bus Station. Why not grab a Greyhound here and I'll meet you for a Slurpee?
When I lived in Texas I had to get used to Stop/Go. In Michigan we call them "party stores."
what great memories of your grandma
"Either the A.A. way of life becomes one of joy or I return to the darkness and despair of alcoholism"
Spot on.
I say MM's too!
I spent an hour the other night during a 3rd step explaining the meaning of "My life and my will" meaning "My thoughts and my actions"
I was robbed at gunpoint in a 7/11 NO WAIT....It was a Stop n Go.
We still have some 7-11's here. Humility is a good topic.
In Channelview we had a Toot N Totem and a Stop and Shop. My fifth grade teacher called it the Stop It and Shop It.
Another blogger on a work assignment in Kansas said the convenience stores there are named Kum & Go.
ahem
I love the Mam Maw recollections!
You should come to Colorado where we still have good old 7-11s - and you get a free (small) slurpee on July 11.
i love your granny and your memory of her.
Dad-Gummit, here it is July 12...I missed the July 11 FREE slurpee Day. Maybe I'll steal one--WAIT! I don't DO that any more. Bottom line: Thank Heaven, we still have them in FL (and GO-and-STOP's also). This is how I am at 4:30 AM...stupid!
Stupid Steve E.
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