Email to Colin today....

Good Morning Colin!
Hope your night went well..... bbbbrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!! LOL I'm still envious!!!! Can hardly wait to see the pics!!!!

Okay, so here's the scoop....
BIRTH CERTIFICATE:
I started with Alberta Registries upstairs in our building. Linda was very helpful and sent me to Astro Registries. I called them - they are only the next block over. Unfortunately, you will have to apply for your own birth certificate. And your Manitoba license should work for ID - we just need you HERE to go there.

DETOX:
I then called AADAC for information regarding a detox centre. We have one, just in Fort Macleod - half an hour west of here. Very nice little town. I called them, they won't book a bed ahead of time, but you can usually call a day before to get in. Very nice and helpful people!

ALBERTA HEALTH CARE:
She is going to send me an application form for you to fill out. You will need 3 pieces of ID.
- Birth Certificate, which we will have in the works....
- Driver's License - sounds like your MB one will suffice...
- And some kind of bill addressed to you, with an Alberta address. Any cell phone bills? Cable? Maybe even your pay stubb would work? If it has your "home" address on it?? And I'm thinking - if you have one from MONTHS ago - there would be NO disputing that you've lived in Alberta for months now. Hell, even years...!

All this info by 9:30 a.m. today - not bad, eh?

I don't want you to get discouraged because some of this stuff will take some time, maybe. Remember, "baby steps". And I don't care WHO said it, I'm saying it now!!! LOL

Good luck! Crossing my fingers that this will all come together for you!!

Then as I'm driving home for lunch, this song comes on the radio, and I get all teary. It's called "How to Save a Life" by The Fray. I saw the video of it on tv a week or so ago - it's been used on Gray's Anatomy. Who'd have thunk...
Here are the lyrics:

"How To Save A Life"

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life