I was at my local Barnes and Noble, secretly looking to see if my book was on their shelf when an employee walked up behind me and asked if she could help me find anything. “No, thank you. Honestly, I was looking to see if the book that I’ve written was in stock here.” I […]
Yesterday, I traveled a hundred miles to visit with my sisters in my hometown. It’s always good to reconnect with family. When we get together time feels irrelevant. It’s just me and my sisters being who we’ve always been. Alone, I often feel burdened by the struggles that life brings me but when we are […]
I walk my dogs almost every morning. I take a shorter loop than I’d like, but the standard poodle overheats quickly, so I don’t go much further than a mile. Most days, I will bring them home and wait till the end of the day and go on a longer walk for me. I wait […]
In my home growing up, there was no alcohol. Between my grandfather’s alcoholism and my southern Baptist roots, it was simply forbidden. Those rules didn’t stop some members of my family from drinking to excess. That drinking caused a lot of problems. It seemed that our family’s prohibition wasn’t achieving what it had set […]
The last couple of posts were about steps one and two. Step one reminds me that I am powerless over many things but most especially over the addictions of others. I must firmly accept that powerlessness before I can consider reaching for help outside of myself. Step two stresses the need for me to grow […]
This past week Nashville’s mayor, Megan Barry lost her son to a drug overdose. Just typing that sentence takes my breath away. Not because I knew the mayor or her son, but because I know that it could have been me. I’ve had friends and family members who have lost children to this […]