I never knew early morning was my favorite until I met you

I never knew I could cringe at the sound of my own voice so entirely until I heard myself shrieking, "let's go get dressed" for the 18th time this morning. I never knew I could enjoy the tiresome work of cutting cucumbers and strawberries every single school day to pack alongside your scooby doo and …

Practicing gratitude even when it is really hard

As someone who practices gratitude as a sort of religion - or as close to religion as this gal gets - I have to dig deep to reap that chunky muddy murky ultimately life giving reward. I am not blessed. I reap what I sow and I have sowed some shitty business along with all …

18 Years of Something Like Recovery

I've been sober a long time now. Hell, I've been sober longer than I was drinking. I've been in recovery - true recovery - quite a few years less than those 18 years. I have slipped in and out of true recovery quite often through the years. My recovery looks different than yours and his …