My sister and I grew up with a shared fascination for cemeteries. We loved "browsing" headstones, intrigued by the family groupings, the ages to which people lived (graveyards are no doubt responsible for my earlier math skills, as well as my "fluency" in Roman numerals), and the given names that were popular at different times. … Continue reading Cemetery Census
Tag: God’s Humor
Confessions of a “Street Minister”
While I'm in line at the visitors' window of our county jail, I'm invariably asked by another collared personage what church I serve. My most honest answer is "The Little Converted Crack-House," which is how we jokingly refer to our A.A. home group. (Before I joined the Recovery Community, I actually assumed this bustling little … Continue reading Confessions of a “Street Minister”
Recalculating
Mounted above the dash in Pat's car, a GPS device tracks our pre-programmed driving route from San Diego to Boise, Idaho. Whenever we veer from the pre-planned course--even to top off the gas tank or to empty one of the small backseat bladders (which of course operate on a rotating schedule)--a disapproving female voice informs … Continue reading Recalculating
Burning the Script
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” ~ Anna Quindlen We used to operate within limited lives, my husband and I—limited by the ruts of our career paths, by our addictions, by former spouses, by people’s views of us, by the “scripts” we believed we had to follow... … Continue reading Burning the Script
Kana's Chronicles 