July 1, 2018
It began when our daughter was in middle school. In the beginning it crawled forward at an imperceptible pace. By the time it ended on July 6th 2017 it had completely consumed our lives, our energy, and every ounce Read more…
January 10, 2025
Addiction effects everyone Many today may not remember the sad story of Terry McGovern who succumbed to her addiction and mental health in 1994. Her father was Senator George McGovern. He was deeply impacted by the loss of his daughter Read more…
January 3, 2025
That’s a big ask, but that’s my hope for you! Its okay to hope for a brighter tomorrow! As every New Year begins all of us are looking forward with an eye toward “Brighter Days”. That’s not a bad thing! Read more…
December 20, 2024
Something we often forget. Addiction and mental health are no respecters of age, wealth, skin color or geography, they will impact and influence any of us at any time. Love is the same, only its impact is highly positive! This Read more…
December 13, 2024
Some of you may remember the rest of the song “You’ve Got to Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive”. Originally recorded by Jonny Mercer in the 40’s, then made famous by Bing Crosby and many other well-known artists. The Aretha Franklin version is pretty Read more…
December 6, 2024
Add to that the myriads of issues that hammer us in living life and that just about covers everybody. Connection and community matter to the human being! This week has been a challenge to say the least. A few surprises, Read more…
November 21, 2024
Addiction is very complicated Hopefully, we have moved past the simplistic idea that addiction is just a choice, it is, but it is so much more than that. At some point, it rewires the brain in ways that show up Read more…
November 15, 2024
Mark Twain said “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ There is a story made famous by Stephen Covey in his epic book “Seven Habits Read more…
November 1, 2024
A Perfect Day Well, it sure wasn’t yesterday. Have you ever had one? That question may cause you to pause, your mind frantically processing millions of bits of data that hold memories of moments, events, people, problems, victories and much Read more…
July 21, 2023
In the last post I made was on the Anniversary of Laurens passing. In it I showed and mentioned a treasured image of LaLa scooting around our kitchen, dining room and living room on a little care we had purchased Read more…
July 6, 2023
I am posting this one day earlier than normal. It has been a long time since I made a post to the blog. Today marks the 6th year since our daughter “LaLa” passed away from a Carfentanil and Fentanyl laced Read more…
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