Unfinished Business
At the end of the meeting, Roger
said, “Gotta hit the men’s room,” and handed baby Katie to me. Katie woke up and grimaced.
Looking over my shoulder, The
Youngstown Kid said, “Babies love me, want me to hold her?” I shook my head and rubbed noses with
Katie. She made a small grunting sound,
squeezing her eyes shut. She started to
cry.
In a few minutes she stopped
crying and smiled. We rubbed noses again and she smiled some more. I rested her head on my shoulder. That’s when
the smell hit me.
Katie had taken care of business
before dealing with me. “You’re a smart
one, yes you are,” I said. She shut her
eyes and I looked around for Sue.
I’d seen many people falter
because of unfinished business. People relapsed
rushing into relationships newly sober, before they’d taken care of the
business of early recovery. “We kissed
in the moonlight behind the dumpster at rehab. It was magic…”
Others gave up on marriages,
blaming their spouses, without considering what unfinished business they
brought to the relationship. “You’re
just like my mother!”
I wondered if I still had some
unfinished business to attend to.
Today I’ll try to
deal with any unfinished business.
Dogged Determination ©2018 & 2019 by Ken Montrose
Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the
characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works by Ken Montrose are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com
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