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STAY SKINNY . . . STAY HUNGRY?

RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS – FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR THE SAKE  OF LOVE https://youtu.be/Stay Skinny or Stay Hungry?OMKJOZpYOa8 When my daughter became sick, I could hardly comprehend the reality that she – my wild child, joy of my life – was ill with a disease that kills more young woman, between the ages of 17-23, in […]

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SHIFT

“Count back from one hundred,” the anesthesiologist prompted me with the standard cue that ushers surgery patients into a safe oblivion.  In those split seconds before everything went blank I remember thinking, “It would be okay if I didn’t wake up.”  Wow.  Even as I write that sentence it is hard for me to believe that […]

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TRIGGERS

I was sitting in a nail salon on Friday morning pampering myself with a manicure when a group of teenage girls pushed through the door.  “We’d like a manicure!” they said in unison. “It will be fifteen minutes,” the girl behind the counter replied.  “Pick out your colors.”  The girls proceeded to pick their nail polishes as […]

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A SCARY STORY

  Tomorrow I head to Dallas to speak at the MOP’s (Mothers of Pre-schoolers) Convention.  I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing event and to speak to young mothers about addiction.  I recently wrote an article for the MOP’s magazine, Fulfill.  (http://www.fullfill.org/fullfill/) entitled “Thirst”.  I wrote about my own addiction to alcohol […]

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Lesson #1 From the Mayo Clinic

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of accompanying a friend to the Mayo Clinic.  When I first got there I was amazed and appalled.  When we pulled up to one of the hospitals in the sprawling complex, there were 60-75 people in wheelchairs waiting for transport.  Everywhere we went there were sick people […]

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