Image credit: Photo by The Gifted Photographer on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Two years ago, I gave up on New Year's resolutions. What do those ever lead to but disappointment anyway? Maybe I keep them, but mostly I don't. And when I don't, I feel like a failure. So, I picked a single word [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Replay
Image credit: Photo by Great Beyond on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Earlier this year, I read an article about technology that would allow us to record and store every moment of our lives. Imagine: our whole lives stored in a single searchable archive. We could settle those arguments with the boss by replaying what [...]
Starbucks
Image credit: Photo by brownpau on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Just days before I discovered my husband Mark's sex addiction, we were shopping in Target, when we passed a young woman. "Hi, Mark!" she chimed, smiling brightly. Then she turned to her shopping companion, a man who was glowering at Mark, and said, "Jimmy, [...]
My Muse
Image credit: Photo by Ape Lad on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "You know," joked my husband Mark, "I think you ought to be paying me royalties. You wouldn't have anything to write about without me..." "I know. It's true. That's the sad life of a codependent. My problem is being all wrapped up in [...]
The Grocery Store Gamut
Image credit: Photo by blackbiscuits on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons One day, early in his recovery work around sex addiction, Mark and I were standing in line at the grocery store, when I commented on a headline on one of the news magazines. "I can't look," Mark said. "What?" "It's not good for me. [...]
Killing Me Softly
Image credit: Photo by Estrella Esteve on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "I can't hear this song without thinking of you," I said to Mark as The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" came on my music mix a few days ago. It reminded me of falling in love with him in college: how he made me [...]
Haikus for Christmas Long Ago and Far Away
A box marked "fragile" holds shining memories wrapped in crumpled paper. She lights up like a firefly whenever you're around, George Bailey. Once a year. Each year. They emerge, sparkling, to be packed away. The delicate glass, like breath on a windowpane, glitters and is gone. This year, glass soldiers wait, tissue-wrapped with angels, in [...]
Just for Today: Mindfulness
Image by: catdancing on Flickr Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 I'll tell you, this is a tough time of year to try to fit in a day of spirituality. Or a day to write about a day of spirituality. It's a tough time of year to try to take a shower. (Yeah, I showered on [...]
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Image credit: Photo by Christaface on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few days ago, my daughter Janie walked into the kitchen, which my frantic holiday baking had turned into an indoor winter wonderland, covered in soft mounds of flour and dustings of sparkling sugar. "What are you making, Mama?" she asked. "A pie for [...]
Gunfighter Interviews Me
Image credit: Photo by adamneilward on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons As I mentioned earlier, I participated in the Great Interview Experiment again this year. I interviewed Tifani at Hurricane Bait and have just finished being interviewed by Gunfighter at Gunfighter: A Modern Warrior's Life. Gunfighter did a very thorough and professional job with the [...]
