Fawlty Showers

 

Changes

The first couple of days did not go well for anyone at Semi-Colin’s house. Dash had to be told several times to be gentle with the animals, especially MA.  Cuddles hid under a couch, hissing at whoever came near.

Semi-Colin made some changes.  Dash started feeding Cuddles little pieces of chicken. A week later Cuddles had warmed up to his chubby new buddy who liked to curl up next to him in a sunbeam.

Semi-Colin left some of Dash’s toys out. At night MA would hide whatever he could drag away. In the morning Dash would look for the piles of Lego, plastic soldiers and the like, laughing with delight whenever he found them.

I thought about how often life changes. The first year of recovery is hard, but one day you realize you’re so much more at ease being sober. You’re sad when a relationship ends until eventually you realize you’re happier than you’d been in a long time. You have that surgery and wonder why you put it off.

Life changes when you make changes.

Today I’ll be grateful life changes when I make changes.

Fawlty Showers is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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