My sponsor suggested that I make a list of the things I liked about myself. It was awkward and embarrassing and my list was very short, but it was a start. ~ Courage to Change, page 130 Well, okay, I said I […]
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My Family of Choice It’s not that I don’t choose to love my blood family, my extended family, my folks… but where kin urge me to eat that special food prepared with love the family of choice encourages me to […]
Continue reading »Courage to Be Loved
It takes courage and willingness to receive such unconditional love and support. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 1476-1477) Courage to love is real enough, caring for those who have chosen consciously and deliberately to act with valor, to be heroic. But […]
Continue reading »If I Were Able
I I were able, I would be svelte or at least fashionable. If I could do this with willpower, I’d have done it, written the book and told the world how to succeed. If I could have, I would have, […]
Continue reading »Ask the Oracle
Some women are not meant to be gift-wrapped. ~ “Color Coding” by Susan Terris (http://bibliomancyoracle.tumblr.com/askoracle) Why do I take that first compulsive bite? A mystery to daunt any oracle. So asked, I’m told Some women are not meant to be […]
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