Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie – Great Lakes National Cemetery – Holly, Michigan I had a conversation last week, with a young woman who had fallen off the wagon. She said, “I feel so horrible. So guilty. I feel like I have to start all over.” I tried to come up with the right words for her. I know […]
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April 9, 2016 Grand Rapids, Michigan – look how BLUE the sky! I used to live on an island in the middle of the pretty, blue Exuma Sound. When you live on an island, you have to be resourceful. The running water goes out, so you collect rain water in buckets. The plumbing gets wonky and you […]
This morning my neighbor, who I met in the hall at 5:30 a.m., asked me if I was a “stewardess”. I got all snippy and said, “Do you mean flight attendant?” as if I was one, and felt the need to defend the melting pot of our workforce. I didn’t ask him what he did […]
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t like rules. Let me rephrase that – I don’t like rules that don’t make sense to me, especially at this stage of the game. I am not defiant (I don’t think) and I am a good listener (if you present yourself well), but […]
If you look closely, there are coyote decoys on the shore… I stopped by the office yesterday and when I came out (on my way for a walk) there were small balls of ice falling from the sky. I felt like Henny Penny. I promise I am finished with metaphors and misery about the cold, but ice […]
I was on a long, cold walk this morning, before the snow storm. All the signs of spring beginning: resilient crocus and daffodils on greening lawns. When I looked out the window and saw the snow coming down afterwards, I tried to remember where I’d seen a field of spring flowers, because I wanted […]
I have never liked April Fool’s Day. I guess I am gullible (or a fool), because I am always the one who says, “Oh my GOD, your cat was run over? There’s a funeral at noon? Of course I’ll be there,” only to have the room bust a gut over how hilarious they all […]
I have a cold. I have not had a cold in perhaps twenty years. I am not going to blame the Michigan weather for my malady. In fact, when I said something snide and nasal this morning like, “Michigan weather sure keeps you guessing,” I got a lecture from David that in Michigan there are “true seasons” and the […]
I was reading Betty Ford’s Betty: A Glad Awakening and the book taught me something (many things) I did not know. You guys probably all know this, but the Serenity Prayer (which truth be told has always seemed a bit basic to me) does not end where I thought it ended – at the part where […]
I spent Easter in Flint. I’m from there. The beautiful people were not at Wally’s Supper Club for the brunch buffet. Although, I was probably not at my most bon ton either, tucking into ambrosia salad and kielbasa casserole with a zeal that rivaled the other diners at the all-you-can-eat affair. It occurred to me yesterday morning, when I woke with a […]