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.

Mid October, All is What it IS!

Too much has happened to write about. I am thinking of submitting my short story, Making Blankets, to a Reader's Digest competition. A friend of mine told me about it, so I think I will.

I have another idea for a short story, title being, If You Only Knew. . . Actually a male friend of mine came up with that title. I was visiting him on the front lawn of his house and as a neighbor drove by he exclaimed, "If You Only Knew." He was referring to his own situation with his son's drug addiction and how all may look ok on the outside of their house, but in reality the inside was unbearable.

So, another tale to tell. I have decided that all writers must be filled with pain to be able to write. Yet the writing itself is sometimes painful to recap all those memories, situations, etc.

I do believe in holding on to a hopeful thought though. A miracle in the midst of it all. A light in the dark. A reason for it all, or at least the belief that something good will come from it all.

New Book by Dr. Prentiss

I highly recommend the book, Alcoholism and Addiction Cure by Dr. Prentiss. My son read it in two days and said it was the best gift we had ever given him. I am reading it now and it is very, very interesting. It leaves you hopeful-which is essential.

Now my son asked for the I Ching book. I guess Prentiss does an adaptation of the original I Ching-using the Chinese name Wu Wei, so we shall see. This is my son that has not read a book for probably 10 years, and now he is breezing through these. I am greatful.