We are all still standing

December 19, 2010
Another year passed. Progress is slow and steady. All is well. Finding the value in life again.

August 12, 2009

All is well. It has been 8 months since I have posted a blog. I had to let things work themselves out, and they are working themselves out indeed.

B is learning to deal with his addiction issues. He has learned so much! He is healthy and concerned about his health now, which is wonderful.

My R visited us in March, then returned to Japan to start his PhD program at Tokyo U. He seems very happy. Time is marching on, and it is ok. Obama is our new president, I am soooo glad!!

That is it for now.

December's goal

December's goal=a sweet Christmas

B will be out of jail on Dec 21, R will be happy in Japan with his girlfriend. We are all healthy, learning, and growning. Life is an amazing journey. Sweetness is easily accomplished.

My hubby just gave me a CD of Hatchig Kazarian's "Armenia, Armenia." We will dance to centuries old music and be comforted.

It is all in the MIND

It is not in the body,
not in the clothes,
not in the recipies,
not in the books,
not in the TV,
nope, all in the MIND

So, again, I must readjust my thinking, and hold fast to what is true. The MIND. As my son told me while in jail, Freedom is a state of MIND. He gets this, that is a very good thing.

Christmas Is Upon Us

Well, here we all are. A year later. Christmas is upon us again.

Another new year full of new hope.

We shall see.

A failed UA for weed, back in jail for 30 days.

Maybe this time.

Maybe this time.

It's only weed, right???

Progression not perfection. . .

I was moved by the comment all the way from Japan today. It is from one of the "mothers" in Japan that knows my son Ryan. Yes, the mother is the heart of the home. Thank you for your comment.

We have had a little set back, but I am confident that things are better and will continue to be better. My son is working so hard towards his sobriety and educating himself on the subject. His dream is to visit his brother in Japan one day, I hope this dream comes true for him.

This affects so many families it is unbelieveable. We are all connected.

Chandler Valley Hope gives us HOPE

"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."

Joseph Campbell

My son just finished CVH. Good program. We are full of hope and focused on now and the future. A commom toast in Armenian is -genatz-which means "it is in the past." Sort of like, get over it and move on. The Armenians certainly know how to do that. Hopefully this is in my son's blood and he will navigate himself to a better life.

Books he suggests. . The Tao of Sobriety, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure, The I Ching, Good Brain Made Great, Tao Te Ching.