Image credit: Photo by igorms on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When my kids were infants, the hard work of parenting was mostly physical: dealing with extreme sleep deprivation, lugging babies and their gear around, changing diapers, keeping dangerous objects out of reach. But the older the kids get, the more the work shifts to [...]
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What if this Person Is Lying?
Image credit: Photo by idlelight on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few months ago, a friend of mine, who is a single mom, asked me if I'd be willing to help her out while she worked late, because she'd missed a few days taking care of her son when he was sick and now [...]
Moving on the Path
Image credit: Photo by dhammza on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few weeks ago, I volunteered to act as secretary for my 12 Step group. However, after just one meeting in my new role, I contracted the raging, beastly stomach flu direct from the bowels of Satan and had to hand the secretary duties [...]
There’s Nothing Wrong with That
Image credit: Photo by Marty (S) on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I went out to dinner a few weeks ago with some old friends who were curious about my recent 12 Step work, having had no experience with 12 Step or recovery work themselves. I told them that I was finding the exercise of [...]
What Hasn’t Happened Yet
Image credit: Photo by snaulkter on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few months ago, my daughter Janie brought her favorite stuffed animal over to a neighbor's house to play. I meant to remember to make sure she brought Gigi home, but in the confusion of saying goodbye and putting on shoes and making sure [...]
Christmas Shopping with Austen
Image credit: Photo by jsc. on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Last night my son Austen and I went out shopping so he could pick out a Christmas gift for his sister Janie. He wavered between two different stuffed toys before settling on one he thought she would like. When we got to the register, [...]
Resentments are Fun!
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Image credit: Photo by Ligadier Truffaut on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I am currently working on Step 4 of the 12 Steps with an online group. Step 4 is the one that scares people (including me), because who really likes to take a [...]
