A Good Samaritan
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.” Luke 10:33 “C’mon, c’mon…hurry, hurry!” I muttered under my breath as I anxiously watched my dash display. It was registering the decreasing air pressure in my...
Failure in the Garden
Not only was my mother elegant and beautiful, but she was also an avid gardener. She truly loved flowers and grew them in great abundance. They were like kaleidoscopes of flora surrounding my childhood home. She could grow flowers from a stone, I thought teasingly. I...
Not Cocky. Confident!
Among the many things I’ve heard in recovery is that my sobriety is something I should guard very carefully, even though I’ve been sober for many years now. That makes perfect sense to me, since my sobriety is one of the greatest possessions I have. But after so many...