I visited with my sisters in Kentucky yesterday. We decided to go to the town of our father’s birth and search the cemeteries for our great-grandparents tombstones. I was captivated as I drove through the lush green countryside along the river banks. Had my father driven these same roads? What would he think about his […]
One of the best things about attending a twelve-step meeting is that you can talk about anything without fear or judgment. You will not have anyone wag a finger in your face and say, “Shame on you.” In fact, most of the time when I share, understanding heads will nod an affirmation of ‘I’ve been […]
Killing mosquitos reminds me of my program of recovery. You see mosquitos are pests. They carry disease and make me itch. It seems that it would be a good thing to kill them. But, then we started to notice that when we spray to kill these pests, we are also taking out large […]
Yesterday, I did a really dumb thing. I took my contacts out to rest my eyes and could not find my saline solution. Hoping that my daughter had left some of her solution behind, I ran to the upstairs bathroom. There, I found a small bottle that looked a lot like my saline […]