I don’t like being one. But here I am. And sometimes, being a grownup means making cheeseburgers and doing dishes and hanging with your sponsor who is moving in two months and you feel a little like what? and then you make more food cuz the boy is still hungry and you make a phone call even though you hate...
I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes, trying to come up with a subject for the blog post I don’t even know how to write. Sometimes there are either too many words, or too few, and when I can’t decide, I elect for the latter here, and dump the rest elsewhere. I can say with absolute certainty, though, that I...
I’ve been doing quite a lot of it, just not so much here. It’s a new realization, and one I go back and forth with, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that I have dramatically changed the way I process things that are going on in my life. Part of it is obviously having Richard – even...
It couldn’t have come at a better time, really. It’s midnight and time for me to take myself to bed, though I’ve only been awake since 2:30pm thanks to being awake for —- man, I hate math – 21.5 hours prior. For anyone who’s interested in what the Readathon looks like for me, below is a link to the wrap-up...
I was going to title this post, “Irony,” but then I realized I’d be letting down the folks who depend on that “Therapy Thursday” link each week, so I stuck to the code. I think it’s interesting that I can recognize irony but, even with my pretty impressive grasp on the English language, I have a hard time defining it...
Had a really good meeting with a representative from the USM Veterans Resource Center; he took a stack of my business cards, and I’m going to prepare an e-blast for him to send out to the veteran student population about my writing services. I’m hopeful that this will be the start of an ongoing relationship that will benefit a community...
Usually my daily reading is either something that really resonates with some part of my life in the very moment, or something I can apply to a situation I’ve experienced with a family member or loved one and reframe my thoughts about what transpired in some positive way. Today’s reading is a load of horse manure and I want to...
I jokingly said last night that I was working on slow reform, trying to go to bed at what is honestly a pretty ridiculous hour for me. I want to start getting up early enough to enjoy a cup of coffee or two, my daily reading, some prayer and meditation, all from my east-facing window as the sun joins me....
I’m not sure why, but weekends tend to elicit super extremes of emotions for me. I seem to usually have one day that feels so good on lots of levels and the other is full of yuck. Sometimes there are reasons for the yuck, but not always. I think maybe it is my Gemini nature. Speaking of which, I heard...
That’s something there’s not a whole lot of in my life. I’m coming to realize that it isn’t simply the absence of chaos, but something that requires active pursuit. So I’ve spent a good deal of today creating an environment for it, and spending time in spaces that promote it. I’m probably not going to write a whole lot about...