There’s a story we’re told early: Do the right thing. Work hard. Take responsibility. Eventually, it all gets corrected. But some of us learn the quieter truth. Sometimes the record never gets fixed. Sometimes the institution never revisits the file.… Continue reading

Step Two “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” “What can we believe in?”, the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions asks. Well, we can certainly believe in anything we wish to believe in, whether… Continue reading

We all have stories to tell.  We all figure or at least hope we will live a long life filled with the usual hyped ups and downs that we’re told we will experience by those older than us.  Some of us believe… Continue reading

Some say that walking alone through dark woods along an unknown path is akin to spending time searching through the depths of our own mind.  This could be recognized as both a good experience and a bad one. A man… Continue reading

Today the wife and four year old joined me for a hike up the Twin Falls trail near North Bend, WA.  It was a surprisingly great hike with awesome views and well maintained paths.  I never knew of the place before this morning when my wife was… Continue reading

When you’re younger you spend a good chunk of time thinking about the future.  You expect great things and amazing accomplishments possibly followed by a little recognition and a nice paycheck. You start making mental notes of the amazing places… Continue reading