Mothers

When I was a tiny child I remember my mother rocking me and murmuring, “What shall I do when my baby grows up?” It was a memory that lingered for many decades, bringing comfort like the soft stroke of a hand. Despite all of the sexual abuse I suffered at…

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Victim

“Victims get what they request, When they entice their fate, And lessons learned are harsh and swift, And wisdom comes too late” The above lines are from a poem I penned before I began recovery. At that time I lacked the  insight to see that I was creating my own…

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Maintaining Balance in Today’s World

According to a recent Gallup poll the most important problems in the world were: the economy, primarily unemployment, followed by dissatisfaction with government, healthcare, family decline, illegal aliens, education, fear of war, poverty, Social Security, welfare, terrorism and a host of others. That’s a lot to worry about. Each of…

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