A Song Not Scored For Breathing

"It's not so much that we're afraid of change, or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between we fear....i...

If tears are a form of prayer then I prayed a lot during my 20 days in rehab. Good, healing tears. In front of other people. And I survive...

This will be my last post before I go for treatment at the local Alcohol and Drug Abuse center August 4th to 24th. This morning I attended ...

When I started writing this blog I had no intent on turning it into a recovery blog. Could be that because back then I was still in denial a...

I wrote the following this week for an online friend who is struggling with many adversities in her life. Scary uncertainty keeps cropping ...

This post on resisting sexual temptation is well worth going to read. Here is an excerpt: Lord, thank You for the beauty of this person. T...

I took those words, "It is not what you are nor what you have been that God sees with his all-merciful eyes, but what you desire to be....

I feel like I'm in a holding pattern mode, waiting for something to happen. That's how I functioned throughout childhood. Never livi...

I need a little break. People have often said I'm intense. My dad told me after I became a Christian that I should lighten up a little....

Some days it's frightening how much I can wallow in stinking thinking. Like today. I was still chewing on my session with Fr. Charlie y...

"When in doubt, tell the truth" ~ Mark Twain I wish I could write that I am happy to be home after a week of holidays but I'm ...

Dearest one and I are headed out tomorrow for a week of holidays. We've rented a little cabin in the foothills of the Rockies for sever...

I've had a great stack of library books to read lately. Thought provoking, challenging reads. The latest has been by Sara Miles called ...

It's Saturday night and the house is quiet. Dearest one is working a night shift and youngest son is off with his brother doing stuff I...

"If I, as a Christian, believe that my first duty is to love and respect my fellow in his personal frailty and perplexity, in his own u...

I headed out for town early Saturday morning, hoping to get the grocery buying done before my AA meeting. I was about 50 kms from home when ...

Today the church celebrated the birth of John the Baptist and the Sacrament of Baptism was celebrated in each of the three communities withi...

"Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. ~from The World According to Mister Rog...

I can't seem to put together a coherent post. I'm not without things to write about. But, is it worth the energy to write? My sister...

45 years ago today my mom nearly gave birth to me in a bedpan. At 2lbs. 11oz. it's really a miracle that I lived. At one point in my 3...