Grace is the elegance of love’s generosity. Mercy is the action of grace. ~ God Makes Us Holy by Jo Helen Cox (coming July 31st) Grace is the elegance of love’s generosity. I probably have an opinion, if I know […]
Continue reading »Like a Radio
Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. ~ Jim Morrison Carry pain like a radio. Well, not many folks do… carry radios, that is. I trooped through the grocery today, […]
Continue reading »Eating Vegetables
I ate like a Hoover but seldom were vegetables anything more than a ruse, a pretense that healthy food passed my lips. I ate veggies in public and binged on pastries, ice cream, raw dough… anything that wasn’t green or […]
Continue reading »How Do You Explain Recovery?
You start by what it’s not. If willpower were a requirement the twelve steps would be relics. If you’ve tried all the other options, what we in OA call the diet and calorie clubs and surgery and hypnosis and challenges, […]
Continue reading »Traffic In My Head
When I’m in my car, the GPS system will alert me if there is upcoming traffic. The other day, Jack was in the car with me and such an alert came up. Jack’s response,”Mommy, why did it say there’s traffic […]
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