Step 1. Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. Step 1, Celebrate Recovery. One of the first principles in Celebrate Recovery , a Bible based version of AA, is to quit denying you have a problem. One way you …[ read more ]

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot” (Ecc. 5:18). I used to love to sew. That is after I …[ read more ]

The hummingbirds buzz around our porch making it hazardous to step outside. I have to remember, they’re like bats. They swoop and hover and do their thing. Rarely do they hit you. However, they have bravado. Our cats, Allora and Ciao, love to watch them. They sit at the open window and study the birds. One …[ read more ]

The NASCAR Busch Series field at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You know your life resembles NASCAR. You race at incredible speeds, near misses, exhilarating moments, crashes, boredom, re-starts. It’s exhausting. Then the race ends and what do you have? That’s been my life lately. Family visited my new home in …[ read more ]

“Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate.” Deanna Troi , Star Trek: The Next Generation I have to agree with Deanna Troi–forget love. Let me fall in chocolate. Actually, as a child, that was my daydream–to get a Hershey bar as big as my bedroom and not have to share. Why am I, like so many Americans (read on to see …[ read more ]