Finding Peace in the Process
jimmymac1025
- Location
- The 'Burbs, Illinois,
- Birthday
- January 18
- Bio
- Married father of two girls. Was a writer in a previous life. Drove a truck for 20 years. Trudging the road of happy destiny since 1987.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Perhaps people can be
forgiven for being influenced
by what
they read. Much of
th…”
1:06PM - “Thank you for this. Your
strength shows in everything
you
write. Life ain't for
t…”
8:02AM - “I appreciate that
retrofitting bridges with nets
would help,
but my comment
stand…”
March 18, 2010 09:13AM - “Hope you're right Roger.
Think it was cool of Bev to
post
this verbatum, even
if…”
March 17, 2010 11:14PM - “I don't buy it. Too
complicated? Sorry this one
is
complicated. A congressmen
is…”
March 17, 2010 10:25AM
Jimmymac1025's Links
- Shaving With Connie Francis
- Epilogue
- 16) The Patriarch
- 15) Wedding Pictures
- 14) Hospice
- 13) Eulogy
- 2) Dreams and Ideas
- 3) Let's Play Outside!
- 4) Channeling Nebucadnezzar
- 5) Opening
- 6) Night Riding With the Allman Brothers
- 7) The Matter of Teeth
- 1) Shaving With Connie Francis
- 8) Tortellini Soup
- 9) Catheter Extraction
- 10) Concern
- 11) Thrift
- 12) Baby Angels
- My Best
- Wasted
- The Prodigal Daughter returns
- Attitude adjustment
- No Mother's Day today
- Gunshots in the Night
- My addictions
- Lexipro and boner pills
- Let go and let guilt
- My 'virtual' friends on OS
- Slobbering Salvation
- My Sponsor
- Finding peace in the process
I love the word, "maw." Don't you? Every horror writer worth his weight in willies knows "maw" must be preceded by the word "gaping."
The Gaping Maw! It sends shivers (where else?) up the spine. Whatever creature possesses… Read full post »
If I like it and do it twice I'm addicted.
I like apple fucking pie, am I addicted to that?
I know it sounds stupid, but to us alcohol became a merciless obsession.
It sounds stupid because i… Read full post »
LET'S PLAY OUTSIDE!
Taking care of old guys is like raising kids. As soon as you figure out what they need, they need something else. I figured my father-in-law, Mike, needed to go outside. What he needed was protection from a fool like me, but I didn't know that till… Read full post »
I sold pleather. Check that. I tried to sell pleather. For three days. I never convinced anyone to hand me cash in exchange for the plastic purses, vests, jackets, wallets and briefcases I hauled around office buildings in the Loop and Chicago's surrounding suburban strip malls. B… Read full post »
I chose my sponsor in the usual way. He chose me. In two years I had completed three of the Twelve Steps. I was miserable. Patrick grabbed me by the ear one night after a meeting.
"Why are you so miserable?"
I smiled, a delaying… Read full post »
Years later I asked her why she married me.
"I was pushing 30 and I didn't think anyone was going to ask me."
So she chose me. She settled on a fixer-upper.
We met at a wedding. An old friend of mine was… Read full post »
SHAVING WITH CONNIE FRANCIS
God wanted us to know what love sounds like, so he gave us Connie Francis. "Please do not forget..." she soothes "...that our lips have met." She wraps her lips around us as we begin our day, Mike and I. Mike is Michele Bernardi,… Read full post »
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