“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?” ―...

My thoughts today roll back twenty years ago to the tragic events that unfolded in our nation twenty years ago. September 10th, 2001 was...

For those of you who may not be aware, September is National Recovery Month. As this link explains, National Recovery month was first...

“It was the hour in which objects lose the consistency of shadow that accompanies them during the night and gradually reacquire colors,...

This week, Julie and I ended up back in Bedford PA. This bucolic little town was the childhood home of her mother. Julie’s parents also...

“Walking a mile in someone else's shoes isn't as much about the walk or the shoes; it's to be able to think like they think, feel what...

Okay, so I do miss youth on some days. Yet, increasingly old age, whenever that begins, (which I suspect is an ever-sliding scale) is on...

“See that's what people don't get about food. It's never the food, it's the love that goes into making it. That's what's important.” ―...