Denial means “Don’t even know I am lying.” With the Big Book saying, “More will be revealed,” I keep wondering what other lies I’m telling and don’t know yet. (Paraphrased. Anne B) I deny I deny anything!I’ve lied to myself […]
Continue reading »Brash!
“I offer myself to Thee.”Humph. I prayed to be ready,to be willing to do it,to learn to market my product,to put it out for the world to see,to actually tell the world it’s there.So God created a conversationwith someone who’s […]
Continue reading »A Glimmer
Deep in the darkest recesses of the jungle called my mind a glimmer of a thought peeks cautiously out from under a log. There are scary beasts in the jungle, but that little thought will survive! ~ Diggy Bell Murkiness entombed […]
Continue reading »Blame It on Them
Blame it on your mom — how could she have expected excellence, acknowledgedwith a nod, while disappointmentsstood center stage, emphasized? Blame it on your dad —how could he have travelledevery week, leaving you withoutday-to-day companionship, leavingyou to be disciplined by […]
Continue reading »Mother, May I?
A child’s game, great fun.A way of life, codependent. People pleasing run awryrelinquishing identity, becoming an adjunct.Daddy, may I?Husband, may I?My child, do you mind if Icorrect you, discipline you?Mother, May I?One giant step, okay,crabwalk three seconds, okay,may I have […]
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