Image credit: Photo by melody_nelson_ on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "We should write a book," Mark said. "We can't be the only people who have struggled through all this and I think we have a lot we could offer to other people in sharing our journey." This was a few years ago, back before [...]
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If You Only Knew
"What am I going to say to people? I mean, they're going to ask, 'What are you doing these days?' and what am I supposed to do? I don't know how to make small talk anymore, let alone tell them what's been going on," I told my friend Jess after she met me at the [...]
Cutting Past the Crap
Image credit: Photo by misterbisson on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I went to a great 12 Step meeting this week. A lovely group of women, some of whom I'd never met, sat together and shared the kind of things we usually share as partners of sex addicts. We share about things like incest, physically [...]
I Miss You, Blog
Image credit: Photo by doug88888 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Summers are hard. Enjoyable, yes, but also draining. My kids like routine and predictability, and frankly, so do I. In the summer, there can be routines, but they're different from the rest of the year, and they change more frequently. The whole world seems [...]
Scary Sex Addicts
There is so much wrong with this story, I don't even know where to start... Gentle Path linked to a story about an "investigative report" in which a reporter burst into a closed Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) meeting, cameras rolling, to attempt to interview group members. The only version of the report publicly available is one [...]
My Kids Deal with Death
Image credit: Photo by two stout monks on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My daughter, Janie, found the body. Our pet* had been missing for a while, so at first she shouted to me excitedly. She found him! But when I ran to her, it was clear that he was already gone. She looked from [...]
Back from Vacation
Image credit: Photo by PittCaleb on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Well, I'm back from my first ever week off! I'd like to thank my guest posters: Tanya, SavedAspie, The Discovering Alcoholic, Jack's Mom, Kat and Anonymous Reader. They all did a fabulous job, and reading all the wonderful comments pointed out to me what [...]
Haiku Answers for Scribbling-Mum
Mum is curious, "Do you let your husband read your blog?" she asks me. My husband is weird. He loves my blog but hasn't actually read it. I do summarize. Sometimes I read posts to him. I can not not share. "Does HE blog/journal?" No, he finds blogs triggering. He has a journal. Last, "Do [...]
Look What I Won!
Hey, what's that over there? Could it be artwork on my fridge? Yes indeed, it seems to be a picture of our family (complete with cat in the window of our house) drawn by my daughter, Janie. Don't we all look happy under that blue sunny sky and... Wait. What's that holding us up? Could [...]
Where Am I?
Image credit: Photo by si1very on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I was looking outside today and thinking of writing about my surroundings, but then realized (with a bit of a pang) that it's not something I write about here. I describe my internal life in great detail, but I take some pains not to [...]
