Dec 13th, 2008
by Mary P Jones.
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My husband and I left the kids with a babysitter and went out on a date last night. Mark had a work crisis he wanted to deal with before leaving the office, so to save time, I decided to meet him there rather than waiting [...]
Sep 12th, 2008
by Mary P Jones.
This post is both the third in a (proposed) series on how I came to be where I am around the current election (um, how it fits in there will make sense later) and is cross posted at the Second Road.
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One evening four years ago, my husband [...]
Nov 9th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
Yesterday, I posted about my understanding of addiction as a way of getting into why we so called codependents might stick with an addict, and I realized in reading comments (isn't blogging great?) that duh! I haven't ever articulated the number one reason I am with my husband. More important than the fact [...]
Nov 8th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
Recently I've read blog posts by two different bloggers I enjoy reading (Kristi and Ingrid) musing about why one would stay in a relationship with an addict. I know I've blogged a little bit about why I stay, but I'd like to try to put that decision in a larger perspective, and to do [...]
Oct 24th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
I have a million things I'd like to write about, all of which require some mental energy, which is too bad, because I don't have any. Tomorrow, I will be posting the entries from my group writing project (did you all get your entries in?), obviating (wow, that is just about my favorite word [...]
Oct 17th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
Tonight I am thinking of...
My friend, Ellen, whom I thought of on her birthday but neglected to call or e-mail. Um, happy belated birthday on my blog, if you are reading. (How lame is that?) I thought of her tonight because I was eating cookie dough ice cream straight from the carton. [...]
Oct 14th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
Due to a frustrating lack of privacy and personal time in these days of out-of-town house guests, I have yet to find time to finish a post on my husband's recent slips or my newly rediscovered serenity. However, I do want to share a tip with you all...
Perhaps you've found yourself up all night [...]
Oct 13th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
I have a visitor in town today who doesn't know about the secret blog, so I'm sneaking in the briefest time to write today. But after spending yesterday in bed, and consuming an unhealthy amount of Ben & Jerry's and Häagen Dazs, and getting lots of loving comments, and above all talking to The [...]
Oct 12th, 2007
by Mary P Jones.
It's raining. I'm in bed. I had a talk last night with my husband in which he shared some information about recent slips in his sobriety (neither surprising, nor unexpected, nor actually upsetting) and long past slips he hadn't shared before (somewhat surprising and unexpectedly upsetting). I haven't processed it all yet, [...]