After working in the garden* outside our little apartment in Van Nuys, my grandmother would come inside and get a tall glass of cool water from the tap and say “Water is the best thing God ever gave us”. She also recommended that I drink 8 glasses A-day. Did I ever tell you that Grangma-Silva and Grandma and Grandpa Hurd were the best people I ever knew!*

*If you can’t rely on your parents -who in the world can you rely on in this 🌍? It’s very true -few, if anyone will ever love us like our parents! If we’re fortunate enough to:

•Have both

•Have good ones

•Have them at’all*

I grew up in a time where I could not relate to the other kids in school who had both parents in most cases. But with my years of age and some wisdom, I can relate to just about every kid in modern-day-America today!

What was a disadvantage when I was out drinking and drugging turned out to be an advantage in recovery… What was an advantage when I was out drinking and drugging turned out to be a disadvantage in recovery 🤷‍♂️

*She grew the usual: 🌽, 🍆, 🥒,🌶,🍅 (I was always afraid of those green worms with the horn on the back -ewwww…). She also grew 💐 but I can’t at the moment seem to remember what kind 🤔