It had been more than 30 years since I’d sewn for myself. I used to sew a lot, but once I went back to teaching I stopped. I spent a month preparing to begin again. I shopped in my sister’s closets for fabric, purchased some new tools:
One step at a time
Why Al-Anon?
I came into Al-Anon in 1988 at the suggestion of my counselor. I was barely functioning and feeling so battle weary, hopeless, depressed, and fearful. I no longer liked the person I had become. I left my first meeting feeling better than when I arrived and hearing, “Take what you like and leave the rest.” made it possible for me to return knowing no one was going to tell me what I had to do.