October 08, 2006
BACK FROM THE EDGE
heh. we're back from montana.
jax is doing great. really. we're throwing EVERYTHING at this. i can see that if this treatment hadn't been court ordered, i might have felt that he was "good to go" when he got out of jail. thank god there are others involved. bill. j's probation officer. god. jax, of course.
he is in the right place. it's a working cattle ranch. he works hard. on the ranch and with his recovery. group/family sessions were both highly emotional and highly rewarding. jax is amazing.
right now, he's on a 20-day camping trip in yellowstone. a very remote area, evidently, as the ranch cowboys will have to take horses in to where they are to restock at 10 days.
he'll spend about a week back at the ranch before he heads to 3/4 housing in palm beach, florida, for 6-9 months. he'll work and pay all the costs of the program himself. i'll miss him like HELL, but, again, thank god that i'm not in control.
the family week program ended thursday. bill and i took a drive on the going-to-the-sun road in glacier national park. yeah, it was beautiful. blah, blah, blah. but. BUT. i hadn't spent nearly enough time considering why it was named "going-to-the-sun." bill's writing about the "experience." still, i'm glad we did it. i hope he is.
btw, i handled the flying really well. i'm proud of myself.
montana's different than cleveland. i'm glad to be home. one of the oddest (most unusual to me as a clevelander) things is these little espresso places ALL OVER THE PLACE. on first glance, you might wonder how good the beverages might be. our first try was a whopping 24-ounce latte for the ca-razy price of $2.00! and it was good! below is a picture of our favorite stop. look at the size of this place!
ttyl!
Posted by Stacey at October 8, 2006 10:09 AMI'm guessing the dogs were ecstatic.
Posted by: Vicki at October 8, 2006 04:13 PMHugs to you and Bill!!!!!
We (me and my honey) are still throwing every prayer and positive thought we have towards Jax. I just know we will all meet up someday...I think we will all just talk and talk and talk and drink massive amounts of Italian espresso drinks.
I'm glad you're back. I've missed you.
Posted by: moonandsun03 at October 9, 2006 12:30 PMYeah Jax!! So glad your trip was good. Miss and love you always...
Posted by: Trace at October 9, 2006 01:18 PMI'm another one who's glad to see you back. I'm relieved that things are going well for Jax and that the family sessions were positive. "thank god that i'm not in control". I know exactly what you mean.
We have a lot of good coffee in France,
but I don't think we've got anything quite like your pic!
OMG. I never thought I would ever hear or see these words coming from you:
"thank god that i'm not in control."
Stacey...how amazingly brilliant of you to realize the truth of that and to be able to admit that sometimes deferring to the expertise of others is a wise, wise thing to do.
Bravo to you!
Posted by: KathyHowe at October 10, 2006 10:04 AM