27 years ago, this day, I lost my mom. She died at the age I am now. Age 56, which seems from this vantage point so incredibly young. I...

“Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we celebrate the darkness as it is in its fullest influence. The once fertile forests are now bare and...

“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with...

A few weeks back, I was asked to participate in a panel discussion for the American College of Healthcare Executives to inform attendees...

Today is the last Friday in November also known as Black Friday. Thanksgiving, the day we take stock and give thanks for our bounty is...

““Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ― Confucius I do not claim to be a great listener or to have incredibly powerful...

The thing about quotes is that they reveal how we are connected to all each other over time. The human condition has remained...

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”...

The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.” ― Ray Bradbury,...

I have decided to post this on both blogs I write on, my own and Recovery Review it is a personal reflection on recovery service and...

Today is a very special day in Gratitude Friday history, it coincides with the day of birth of my darling wife, Julie Miller. Artist,...

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face."― John Donne Autumn is upon us! The Autumnal Equinox...

This week, I had the opportunity to be in Las Vegas to be a part of a meeting with other recovery advocates from all across the nation....

Last week I was talking with my niece about working in the human service field, for some reason this old (but true) story popped into my...

“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” ―...