I have this recurring dream. Just one of many that takes me back to my desperation of being in the throes of my addiction. I'm in my parent's basement and in front of the cabinet where they kept their scant liquor bottles. It's bound up by one of those plastic tie locks because their daughter …
Everyone Thinks They Are Failing at Something
Don't let anybody fool you. What you see on the outside is often altogether misleading. My friend Sheila wrote this great piece last week - Me and My Elmo Feet - talking about perception vs reality. What it means to be a grown up and that she is, after all, a grown up (and a lovely one …
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Donna Day 2016 – Take all my Money, St. Baldricks!
Today is Donna Day. This year is the 5th year I've written about sweet Donna and her mama. My previous posts are here, here and here. I really loved those posts. I love them as much today as I did when I wrote them. But it feels like we keep repeating ourselves. Let's work to stop that. I know …
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Too Sober For This 