Are they still blowing? YES! Good evening, Saturday night blog! Time to get back into the swing of things! How I have missed writing and sharing! For those of you that are new to my social media, I will touch base a bit. My life has changed so much in the past 8 years! Our granddaughter married and gave us new titles, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa! Tuesday is my happy day with those beautiful babies! My husband had Parkinson’s for 7 years. Sadly he passed 3 years ago this month! 1/27/2020. On our grandsons B-day! I had a hip replaced, that makes 3 replacements. I walk everyday, weather and time permitting! I feel like it is a balancing act! We were married 42 years, lived in East Toledo for 40 years! We sold our home to bring Denny to the country, to be taken care of safely, also for our extended family and hospice needed safe parking. I am in my childhood home with my mom! Makes Maumee Bay nice and close! In that space of time, I wrote poetry about my life and ours together. Amazingly, it became a published book! I also entered a recovery program for gambling addiction. I have an amazingly loving, forgiving and accepting family. It got rough, but, we made it! I asked a good friend at church to take me to the minister for help! I was the first one to enter the new gambling addiction therapy at The Zeph Center. That anniversary was 8yrs. On January 1st. Fast forward, I have done a problem gambling video and it will air this month on local TV. A billboard is coming out next month, somewhere in Lucas County. 4 billboards of us from the center, one being the therapist and director. At the end of February I am going to the National Problem Gamblers Conference in Columbus! They filmed a video of me, to be played at the conference. Then I was invited to speak at this conference. I am beyond excited, honored and happy to share my story! So that is what I have been up to. Still cleaning houses, leaves me more tired than I ever was. Recovery was the best thing that ever happened to me with Jesus at the top of the list. He will give me whatever I need to carry on and help others! It allowed me to take care of Denny, that was my goal. Amen! So good to chat with you tonight. Good night and God bless!🤗🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🤗
Marilyn’s Heart 