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…
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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 June 11, 2017
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I woke up humming a tune. “Whippoorwills in the willows…” I love that little song. It takes me back to a sweet time in my life when I had fewer cares and responsibilities, a time when love enveloped me like the warm comforter I…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 12 steps, being where my hands are, change, choices, God, grateful, grief, how to be thankful, lessons learned, life, live in the present, memories, one day at a time, parenting, recovery, reflections, relationships, right now
Posted on February 5, 2017
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“Kindness is the mightiest force in the world,” according to One Day at a Time (299). In the past, I didn’t feel kind. I didn’t even feel like being kind. I felt like stabbing my ex-husband’s eyeballs with a handful of forks. If you know…
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Category: gratitudeTags: AA, be where your hands are, Big Book, Christianity, divorce, family, God, grateful, kindness, learning, lessons learned, life, love, martyrdom, one day at a time, recovery, reflections, relationships, relatives, religion, resentment, sins, thankful, truth, work
Posted on November 3, 2016
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Today’s guest blog post is written by my friend Jeri Wright, a beautiful, free-spirited soul. Thank you, Jeri, for sharing your heart. As I drove down the street today the sun-kissed my skin through an open window. The perfectly warm breeze gently caressed my…
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Posted on February 18, 2015
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Today’s post is written by my lifelong friend Mark Egan. I’m sure you’ll appreciate this thoughtful reflection on the deeper meaning of life and love as much as I do. Nothing in life progresses on some linear path. Everything–happiness, health, love, achievement, motivation, self-worth–ebbs…
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Posted on November 18, 2013
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*Day 18 of the Dear Gratitude project is really special; my former boss and friend, Jenny Cannon, shares her reflections on her decision to forgo having an amniocentesis procedure prior to delivering her daughter, Claire, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth.* It…
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