Adam smoking his pipe after the package opening. Some of the wreckage from package opening on Christmas. Fred taking a picture of who knows...

I did a little online research into victim thinking and learned that that personal world view usually comes from trauma where the person rea...

Every once in awhile I re-visit something I already know and am amazed at how powerful it is.  Usually it's something I read in one of m...

I've discovered that writing a memoir is a lot like living in the past.  That seems pretty obvious, I know.  The thing is that in order ...

I absolutely love the idea I got from Steve Pavlina of making goals so tiny that it would be impossible to fail.  I've managed to ramp u...

Always at the new year I think about what I might want in my life this year.  I don't make resolutions - I have too much history with br...

My friend from high school, Mary Ann and her husband, Bob.  We were at the NHS mini-reunion in Joplin.  Obviously it was Christmas time. We...

Oklahoma weather is exciting, fun and a pain in the you know where.  The snow is pretty much gone in my yard, except for a tiny little patch...

I think, I hope that I'm back to what passes for normal with me and can start to do something besides sleep and eat again.  The bug I ha...

A friend gave me a copy of a book by Whoopi Goldberg - a series of essays on her "pet peeves."  As you can imagine, she had a lot ...

As a coach and as a sponsor, I talk to people about their problems with other people frequently.  Plus, of course, I've had my share of ...

It's weird but I've learned a lot about Ron after he died.  Wish I could tell him.  For example, I learned that that glare he got th...

I've been to the Christmas Eve service at the Village Church.  The preacher was so good I remember the sermon - human beings have a righ...

Lucky Man is the name of one of Michael J. Fox's books.  Since he has Parkinson's, the title stands out.  Often as I write the story...

Today is the day Aaron and Sofi come to visit for a few days.  It's one of my best Christmas presents.  I love having the opportunity to...

I can always tell when I'm seeing myself as a victim - I feel powerless, hopeless and resentful.  I spent a whole lot of my adult life l...

More things that make me go "hmmmm."  I signed up to take a meeting to a DUI school.  I have a soft spot in my heart for the place...

I was taught early in recovery that listening to God was the definition of meditation.  That sounded crazy to me.  Who but people who were m...

Middle grandson's party was lovely.  He didn't get enough money as gifts to make a down payment on a house (ha), but enough to help ...

It's weird.  I do not feel old even though my MIDDLE grandson is graduating from college.  There's probably something wrong with me....