The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places . ~ Ernest Hemingway I call it my Hell Year — 1997. But I cheat and count October before, son J broke a hand bone five times, had surgery and the […]
Continue reading »Silence the Silence
It’s nobody’s business but mine. I’ll go to my grave with this secret and even with truth serum, with torture, with pleading, with sleep deprivation, you can’t make me tell. That includes your silly Steps. “Admitted to God, to ourselves, […]
Continue reading »Two-Ton Telephone
Bench-pressing three hundred pounds can be easier than picking up the phone — even the one you carry in your hand when it’s for an outreach call, not a comfort one — but calling once it’s done seems so right, so natural, […]
Continue reading »With Love
…detachment…was fairly easy for me. But it was with indifference. Detachment with love was out of the question. ~ Courage to Change, page 100 They talked a while after the others had left. Her wise old friend listened to a reprise of […]
Continue reading »Fear and Faith
Faith is just getting out of fear. Faith and fear can’t exist at the same time. I have faith there’s a power greater than me. There’s no reason to sit in fear. ~ Jhe T. James Like toddler twins trying […]
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