I've had another one of those weeks where I've been bogged down with too much to do and no desire to do any of it.  I managed to get...

It was probably about 1995 when I was recruiting and training volunteers to visit people with cognitive disabilities to make sure they had w...

Although I'm not very religious, I liked those little bracelets that were popular a few years ago.  I thought they would be a good remin...

So far, so good.  It looks like the politicians have begun to single out the groups that will need to get less money so that the government ...

One of my grandsons' girlfriends posted a question on Facebook - "Is there a motivation pill?  I'd like to abuse that!"  S...

Went to the 5:30 women's meeting which was on gratitude.  I used to hate gratitude meetings - they seemed  so trite.  But now I love the...

The snow is melting.  It's been warm the last couple of days.  The trash man came.  But I still can't get to my outside garbage cans...

Here's Kristin with her fairy wings she got at the Women's Symposium plus the bracelet that came with her Valentine she got from me....

"Compare and despair" is a quote from one of the women who used to meet with the women's group that studied the steps at my ho...

Since all my responsibilities and appointments have been wiped off my calendar by a snow storm, I have the luxury of spending a little more ...

"Today I am grateful for everything - even things that surprise me..."  Hope for Today   I had the makings for vegetable soup. ...

We're not alone - from the weather map it looks like most of the country is in a blizzard.  I was looking forward to the temperature bei...

One of the things I'm most grateful for is the fabulous new stuff I learned in the beginning of recovery that I'm still using today....

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...