One of the great results of taking the first nine steps is our increased desire to care for our relationships with other people, today. We don’t want to let our wrongs, big or little, pile up again, and so we take care of them daily. Step 10 is about daily accountability. It says, “Continue to take ... Read More
“Hey Coach!” “Who Me?” – Giving Support
Ethan, age 7, is very excited about the upcoming junior basketball season. His mother (my daughter) spent her growing up years dancing, not playing basketball like all her other siblings. Last week she walked out into the yard to check on Ethan and see if he was playing with friends or what. He was ... Read More
Hands Alone, Hands Together – 12 Step Progress
“So Lord, people are starting to notice that I’ve lost ninety pounds. They all want to know how I lost it. I always tell them that I deal with the issue of food like a recovering alcoholic deals with alcohol. I use all the tool of recovery. I apply the 12 Steps to my everyday life and I attend ... Read More
“You’re Excited About My Tonsillectomy?” – All Steps
I called my granddaughter, Eliza, today to see if everything was finalized for her surgery. Apparently all is in order and tomorrow she will have her tonsils and adenoids removed. Her poor little throat is so full of tonsils the size of marbles she can hardly breathe. “I’m so excited for you ... Read More
Carrying the Message Inside and Out – Step 12
A friend of mine had a memorable interchange with her grandson. While I was visiting, she related the incident and we had a great laugh. Before I let you in the dialogue between this Grandma and her Grandson I want to tell you that my friend is sixty something, but you would never guess it. She is ... Read More
Parents kind of WHAT? – Step 4 Truth
Leave it to the three year olds of the world to tell the truth as they see it. My brother and his wife had the good fortune of having two at the same time, boys, Landon and Gavin. Double fun! Double trouble! And, double the “out of the mouths of babes” moments! These two three year olds were right ... Read More
The “Sick Coat” – Maintaining What We Have Obtained – Steps 10-12
If you grew up with me and happened to have the flue, a fever, the measles, the mumps, or an earache you were given some very special attention in the form of two items of clothing. First, the earache hat, a little homemade flannel bonnet mom placed on our heads if we were suffering the pain of an ... Read More
The Message From the Cedar Waxwings – Step 2 Hope
Step 2 says, “Come to believe that the power of God can restore you to complete spiritual health.” One of the pivotal words in this step is the word “you.” Can restore you Nannette! You restore you ______ (Fill in the blank with your own name.) It doesn’t help me at all to believe that God can and ... Read More
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