Last week the blogpost discussed one means of creating rich soil, taken from this scripture found in Matthew, that offers our family members or fellow parishioners an environment that promotes recovery. I shared a story about sitting on the porch, reading the day’s readings and noticing the words, ‘rich soil.’ It occurred to me that […]
You don’t have the power to stop someone from drinking… You don’t have the power to cause someone to drink. How many times have I heard that sentiment in a 12-step room? Too many to count. How many times has my unconscious mind tried to deceivingly grasp onto power by using the ‘for the good […]
14 years ago, I didn’t think that I had a problem. It was my loved ones who needed help. Not me. Boy was I wrong. If you are new to recovery, this may come as a shock, but we all need recovery. But, what exactly does that look like? Let me share some thoughts, but […]
“Every human being has a true genuine authentic self. Trauma is the disconnection from it and healing is the reconnection to it.” Gabor Mate, MD There was a story that made its way around social media platforms about a kindergartener who returned from the bathroom exclaiming, “I pottyed” only his pants and underwear were still […]
I remember the day that I decided to stop being afraid. Even though it was a quiet decision, deeply held within my being, everything shifted. I try to remember what brought me to it but it remains elusive. Maybe it was a shift in tactic; from fleeing to fighting. Maybe it was a mustard seed’s […]
On a particularly crisp Autumn night, our meeting-room filled to capacity. There were no available seats left in the rows of tables arranged together to form a square. We started our meeting with the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things […]
This thought came to mind the other day… What if each of us is a tiny sliver of a mirror that has been broken? And suppose the image that each and every human, collectively makes up, when put back together, is the face of God? Does that change the way that I view others? And […]
I love surprises. But I’m finding that the best ones come to me in waves instead of a jump-out-from-behind-the-furniture-shout-of-surprise kind of moment. These waves wash upon me, revealing a little more with each visit, unveiling a life-changing truth that I need to absorb. I believe this is always a visit from the Holy Spirit. A […]
My husband’s heart went into atrial fibrillation last week, so we spent twenty-four hours in the hospital to treat his problem. His nurse during the last few hours there, told us that even though she had become a nurse late in life, she still had one last dream to pursue: being a writer. “Oh wow, […]
If you grew up in the country as I did, you didn’t just wheel the trash can to the curb each week. We lived on seventy acres. The garbageman didn’t come to our home. Instead, we had a burn can. Of course things were different. We didn’t have aluminum cans. We drank Coke from glass […]