Sometimes You Need a Full Stop

This time of year always seems to get me down. And 2015 isn't proving to be any different. This time it started a little bit early, September instead of October, and it has lasted longer. Despite all of the good things that are happening in my life, I have been depressed and anxious, with some PTSD …

On being sick…

I don't think I have ever posted twice in one day, but today I am going to.  There has been something on my mind these last few days besides prayer and meditation.  You see, I've been sick.  Not seriously sick, just what seems to be a head cold or sinus infection.  The creeping crud has …

Connections

Boy, these past few weeks have really kicked my butt.  I have been working a lot of hours (thank God I'm an hourly employee and the paychecks almost make it worth it), and have been feeling a lot of stress at my job.  I haven't had the motivation to do anything but eat and sleep …

Living in a ghost town (Part 3)

Wow.  I can't believe how long I have waited to write this post!  It's been over 3 weeks since I wrote Part 2, which was about my daughter.  Writing that post brought up a lot of sadness and grief.  That, coupled with long hours at work for the past few weeks, forced me to take …

On quitting quitting…

I am a really good starter of things.  I start diets.  I start projects.  I start exercising.  I start friendships.  I start eating healthy.  I start laundry.  I have good intentions.  Really, I do.  But there a lot of things that I just don't finish.  I have been this way for as long as I …

240 Days

Today I made 8 months sober. I posted this morning on my Facebook page that these past 8 months have been the best I've had in a long, long time, and that they have, by far, been my best months of sobriety. This isn't the first time that I have had this many days, but …

Honesty, finally.

So here I am with my very first blog post. I have to say that I have had a certain amount of anxiety about writing from my heart and then sending it out into the vast abyss of the internet. But then I reminded myself that there will most likely only be a handful of …