The Broken Road Coming Back

Today, the birds woke me up. That was a wonderful thing. I've been working as a sub in the school system and I'm often up before the birds and on my way to whereever I need to go right when they start chirping.

I've been  trying to set my schedule  so that I'm not pulled in so many directions. I happen to be one of those people that love life and I want to be part of everything. It often gets me into big trouble. Now that I'm deep into the edit of Merili's Wine and trying to get my "platform" created, I really have very little time to do anything else.

I'm looking forward to releasing The Broken Road. It consists of several of my short stories as well some of my poetry. I am also including a big surprise for my readers and hope everyone likes it. I don't want to "tell" quite yet. I'm keeping it a secret.

These stories are about addiction and recovery. My hope is that the reader will gain a sense of what it's like to be lost in that world and what its like to get out of it. I found my inspiration in many places, but really I'm drawing from my own experiences and from those that I've heard about over the years.

It has also been inspiring for me to watch my grand daughter find her footing as a mother and a wife and a powerful person in the world. She's sober and for that I'm so grateful.

My husband suggested that I include some of my poetry and I'm glad he did. I've got quite a bit and I think you'll be surprised.

I'll keep you posted. Be well, don't ever give up on your dreams.

Seeing the world through different eyes: The Broken Road

Seeing the world through different eyes: The Broken Road: The Broken Road The cover for "The Broken Road" is very personal to me. This is a young girl whom I'...

The Broken Road

The cover for "The Broken Road" is very personal to me. This is a young girl whom I've watched struggle with bad decisions, driven by her need to escape and the gut wrenching search for her own identity. She and all the women I've watched go through this process are my inspiration.

I see myself in each of them. They were me. I was angry. My emotions weretwisted into knots, my hunger for love insatiable and I was sick in the deepest parts of my soul. I was searching for something to make it all quit hurting.

I thought alcohol and drugs were the answer. I swam in that murky world for over thirty years. I finally got sober and realized that the solution was my reliance on a power greater than myself. It sounds simple but its not. I have over eighteen years of sobriety and I learn something about myself everyday. I learn how to let go of my control over my life and when I do, it is so much better.

The stories is "The Broken Road" tell a little about the journey. I hope that you, as the reader, will either relate, find hope or learn something about this crazy world of addiction.

The Inventory

Part of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is the fourth step. This step encourages a complete and fearless moral inventory of oneself. It truly is the turning point for most people.

In my newest story, Angie is about to share her fourth step with her sponsor, Sylvia. They've been meeting in the same church every week for the seven months that Angie has been sober. On this day, Sylvia realizes that the bond she has with her sponcee is deeper than she had ever dreamed. It proves that there aren't any coincidences. Life unfolds exactly the way it is supposed to even if it changes everything you ever believed.