The author, psychologist and theologian, John Bradshaw says that the first three steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) restore order between me and God. The second set of steps restore order within me, the third set of steps restore order between me and my family and the final three steps restore order between me and the world. This perspective made […]
I became a mother on Mother’s day, twenty-seven years ago. My son came into this world at eight and one half pounds, twenty-one inches long. Little did I know or understand the weight of a new life. But, from those early days, when I went to his crib to be sure that he was still breathing till the time that I […]
Early in my first pregnancy, it seemed that everyone was talking about babies. And there were pregnant women everywhere…all of the sudden. Or at least, that was my perception. Pregnancy is scary and exciting. There is so much joy involved that it spills over and people want to rub your belly and tell you about […]
My dad didn’t talk much about his father’s violent side. He didn’t have to talk about it for me to know. He wore the abuse like a deep cut, whose efforts to heal had worked long and hard to compensate, like growing tissue that is thick and tough in an effort to hide […]