Sobriety After 15 Years: More Discovery Than Recovery

I say I'm in recovery when really I'm in discovery.  I never had any of the things I claim to have recovered.  Only in sobriety did I find all the things alcohol promised me. October 4th, 2001 is the day I was granted some grace and I chose to receive it.  All I've discovered has …

40-something women: Lend me your previously pierced in several places ears

Yeah, I’ve got some piercings that have closed up.  But if you look closely, you see it's still there. And if I pushed hard enough, an earring would fit right through there with a bit of pain.  Just like old behaviors. Open them back up and they have to heal all over again.  I got …

“When they go low, we go high” – Thank You Michelle Obama for Helping me Parent My Kids with Hope and Kindness

This is not a political post.  This is a human being post. I don't give a rip who you vote for.  Well, we all know that's not true, but that's not what this is about.  This is about her.  This shining beacon of hope, always with a smile, but a knowing smile, full of wisdom …