I never thought I’d be here. I’ve always imagined the Golden Gate Bridge, the trolleys, Alcatraz. But to have a must do stop at a supermarket to get the food I need to stay true to my food plan? Who […]
Continue reading »Thank You, No
Mother, you see my misery, my inability to lose weight, to live a normal life and you want to tell me, to show me, what worked when you were there. I can see you’ve changed, you’re different, but it’s your […]
Continue reading »The Old Man
Twenty years ago I had no hope, entombed in addiction, frail of body, devoid of friendship, spiritually bankrupt, an old man at the end of my rope at forty. Today I live hope, radiate possibility, have not yielded to my […]
Continue reading »Puce!
One day long ago (The forty-third day of 1998, precisely) I was asked to explain my essence by color. Immediately I knew… I was gray, neither black nor white, but gray, safe. Somber, solemn, resting, monotone gray. I moved in […]
Continue reading »Feelings
What feelings have been given to me that don’t belong to me? ~ Glenn Beck What feelings have been given me? Then I can sort out which don’t belong. Guilt. Is guilt a feeling. I feel guilty listing guilt as […]
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