How quitting alcohol has increased my patience
• January 25, 2024 • Leave a CommentPosted in Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, sobriety, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, alcohol, challenge, changes, choices, day by day, eli and ella, Eli and Ellas Prayer Warriors, family, Fear, God, gratitude, hope, journey, learning, lessons, life, Love, memories, MLD, never give up, one day at a time, patience, rare disease, sadness, sober, sober living, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, special needs parenting, strength, warriors
4 a.m. thoughts
• November 29, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, anxiety, caregiver, challenge, dark night of the soul, darkness, day by day, depression, eli and ella, family, Fear, feelings, future, God, grief, growth, healing, inner critic, journey, learning, lessons, life, never give up, one day at a time, poetry, purpose, sadness, smothering, sober, sober living, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, struggle, thoughts
“Let there be no darkness in your heart“
• November 21, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, sobriety, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, challenge, changes, death, depression, divorce, dying, family, fathers, Fear, God, gratitude, growth, happiness, healing, hope, journey, joy, learning, lessons, life, live, Love, memories, monsters, never give up, normalcy, parental loss, sadness, sobriety, sorrow, strength, struggle, thankful
The voice of alcohol
• November 13, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, sobriety
Tags: alcohol, anxious, blog, eli and ella, one day at a time, recovery, save me, save me from myself, sober, sobertiktok, sobriety, surrender
Escaping with alcohol
• November 6, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, sobriety, the ride of my life
Tags: alcohol, change, depression, drew Barrymore, grateful, growth, journey, keep going, one day at a time, pain, sadness, sober, sobriety
Have you ever thought about quitting drinking?
• November 5, 2023 • 4 CommentsPosted in Back to life and living, sobriety
Tags: AA, alcohol, one day at a time, quit drinking, recovery, sober, sobriety
My (2) greatest accomplishments
• June 24, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, accomplishments, alcohol free, being present, day by day, eli and ella, Enjoythemoment, family, Fear, gene therapy, God, gratitude, Hero, hope, journey, learning, life, Love, memories, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, never give up, normalcy, one day at a time, proud, rare disease, sober, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, strength, warriors
Drowning in my sleep
• April 5, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in Along the way, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, Milan, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, anxiety, believe, challenge, changes, day by day, drowning, eli and ella, Eli and Ellas Prayer Warriors, Eliandellasprayerwarriors, Enjoythemoment, family, Fear, gene therapy, God, God is my lifeguard, gratitude, Hero, hope, journey, joy, learning, life, lifeguard, Love, memories, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, never give up, normalcy, sadness, scared Jesus, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, strength, trust, warriors, water
Hurt people, hurt people
• September 21, 2021 • 4 CommentsPosted in Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living
Tags: dementia, eli and ella, Eliandellasprayerwarriors, God, hurt people hurt people, journey, life, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, rare disease, sobriety, sorrow, strength
Surrendering – the greatest gift I can give myself
• February 16, 2021 • 2 CommentsPosted in Life after diagnosis, living
Tags: acceptance, eli and ella, Eli and Ellas Prayer Warriors, Eliandellasprayerwarriors, future, gene therapy, God, journey, joy, learning, let go, life, Love, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, music, sobriety, strength, surrender, warriors
Fear Not 