In the news

I haven’t been posting here much, I know. But I have been linking to some news stories and such over in the forums, so feel free to check that out and add your two cents! One thing I will say, boundaries are good things. Everyone should learn to have them and enforce them. It’s your…

Silver and Gold

As if to add an exclamation point to last week’s mention of living every day, I picked up the last Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros CD this weekend. The very last song on it is a song named Silver and Gold. It’s a reworking of an old country tune by Bobby Charles called Before I…

New resource

At least it’s new to me. I was reading this article about a little boy who will be walking in DC for child abuse victims and noticed a mention of darknesstolight.org. Looks like a very wealth of information on childhood sexual abuse.

Live every day

A couple of people that I work with are dealing with deaths in their families this week. It makes for a work environment with a twinge of sadness to it. But it also serves as a good reminder to enjoy every day to it’s fullest and to appreciate all of the good things we have…

Full body smile

My wife has a description of what we call my neice’s “full body smile”, and she’s right. It’s something that far too many adults don’t know how to do anymore. We’ve really lost the ability to simply feel the unbridled joy of a particular moment. We tend to think of people who do it as…

Hmm

I had mde a post at the end of last week about our trip to Richmond and all the work that was left when I got back, and a pointer to this idea in the forums for keeping track of Child Abuse Awareness month activities, but apparently, my host must have restored the backup from…