I remember attending my first Twelve Step recovery meeting ever. It was an open meeting, and I attended with a friend. I listened. I learned a lot and felt that even though what people were sharing didn’t totally apply to me, there was something… Continue Reading “Dissonance”
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Category: gratitudeTags: alcoholism, Christ, Christianity, counseling, dissonance, evil, first world problems, friendship, God, good, gratitude, lessons learned, light, marriage, PTSD, recovery, reflections, relationships, spirituality, thankful, trauma, truth, twelve step program, twelve steps
Posted on November 7, 2016
by bethanymwallace
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I found myself whispering, too, even though I wasn’t the one hiding in a closet while a drunken man beat on the door. “Bridgett, it’s okay. You’ll be okay. You do not have to answer that door. DO NOT answer the door, okay?” Bridgett… Continue Reading “Say yes”
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Category: gratitudeTags: abuse, alcoholism, being there for others, disclosure, domestic abuse, drunk, English, fear, God, grateful, gratitude, helping others, higher education, homosexuality, Kristin Wiig, lessons learned, opportunity, oral communication, redemption, relationships, responding to God, Saturday Night Live, say yes, SNL, spirituality, teaching, thankful, TRiO programs, Upward Bound
Posted on October 19, 2016
by bethanymwallace
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Recently, one of my friends reached out to me to inform me that she’d been viciously attacked by her boyfriend (now ex). She described the bruises, and she admitted she felt scared for her life. “You were right about him.” In the pit of my… Continue Reading “I’d rather be wrong”
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Category: gratitudeTags: 12 steps, abuse, acceptance, addiction, alcoholism, being right, being wrong, Christianity, friendship, God, lessons learned, life, love, peace, recovery, relationships, serenity, suicide, truth
Posted on April 26, 2015
by bethanymwallace
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Today’s post is the first in what I hope to be a series of post by friends and guest contibutors on the topic of Mother’s Day and all things related. Big thanks to my guest writer today, blogger and former Arkansan Kambri Davidson, who… Continue Reading “Being a mom: it’s hard, y’all”
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Posted on September 16, 2014
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*One of my students, Jared Tickner, in Comp II this semester gave me permission to share this essay with all of you. This is his first essay for the semester; I read it after reading a stack of other essays that were good essays… Continue Reading “The golden ticket essay”
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Category: gratitudeTags: abandonment, abuse, addiction, alcoholism, Andrea Hollander, assignment, attempted suicide, belief, breaking the cycle, broken, broken chain, children, choices, Comp II, Creator, credo, depression, destiny, essay, father, fear, golden ticket, golden ticket essay, growth, influence, Jared Tickner, letting go of the past, life choices, life purpose, loss, love, murder, nature versus nurture, pain pills, parenting, prison, purpose, redemption, stigma, success, suicide, writing
Posted on July 19, 2013
by bethanymwallace
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I’ve said NEVER about plenty of things. And eaten my words plenty of times, too. “I will NEVER get divorced.” Done. Twice. “I am NEVER going to be one of those people who moves back to the middle of nowhere as an adult!” Done.… Continue Reading “Never say never”
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Category: gratitudeTags: addiction, alcoholism, always, always and never, cheating, Christian, Christian school, Christmas sweater, discipline, divorce, education, English, Festivus, God's words, grateful, gratitude, gun violence, guns, high school education, higher education, leggings, Master's degree, never say never, plaigarism, private education, religion, school violence, students, syllabus, teacher, teaching, teaching college, thankful, threats
Posted on February 28, 2013
by bethanymwallace
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I’m very thankful to the guest writers who participated in the “28 days of love” project this month. It’s been inspiring to read about the various ways love and gratitude coincide in so many very different people’s lives. I had guest writers lined up… Continue Reading “Day 28–The best he could”
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