Rabbit trails lead from the road to recovery everywhere, invisible when I’m strong in program, centered, working Steps, sure of step. Other days, careless days, distracted days, lazy days neon lights appear lining the trails, beckoning, promising comfort, telling me […]
Continue reading »Winter of Our Discontent
Now is the winter of our discontentMade glorious summer… (William Shakespeare, Richard the Third) This, too, shall pass. No matter how dour, despite strings of catastrophe, in the worst of times, better comes. And not only better but glorious summer, […]
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Life’s forest intimidated me, so stately, dignified, set in place. I bumbled down the path, alone, lost, no clue where to go, unwilling to ask. Until my wanders led to a clearing where young trees swayed with breezes, had odd […]
Continue reading »Out of the Shadows
Shady’s the cleaned up version — honesty would lean toward unscrupulous, murky, underhanded, devious. My life made gangster films chick flicks. I’d laughed at foolish promises of peace with some kind of inventory then confession. But while the way’s still […]
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She never even said her name, came in, nodded yes, her first time, started sobbing before the serenity prayer when Jackie told Sandra she’d made the week, no drive-through Blizzards, no apple fritters, just three sane meals a day. Sandra […]
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