by jokomom | Feb 14, 2022 | Sobriety, Thoughts
We have been here before, but something feels different. It’s been just Another Day 1 time after time since I started asking the question out loud: Am I Drinking Too Much? This Post for example, was a day where I considered the journey that had brought me here,...
by jokomom | Oct 4, 2021 | Hard Days, Joy, Parenting, Sobriety, Thoughts
The canned response to the many-times-repeated-daily question: how are you? Everyone has their own version: good, fine, bien. Lately, I have started a delightful practice of asking for clarification before answering that question: do you want the real answer, or the...
by jokomom | Jul 25, 2021 | Thoughts
This morning, at our stand-up huddle at work, we started talking hitchhikers. We shared scary stories we’d experienced, or heard, of people nearly being murdered or captured or worse. Don’t ask me what’s worst that murder, and actually don’t...
by jokomom | Nov 28, 2018 | Thoughts
Lullabies by 4-year olds 🎵 Don’t cry little baby, cause I love you, and you love me, cause you’re the bestest, go to sleep, baby Alfred – coo-coocoo-coooo Little I love you so. I love nobody. I love you only Alfred and mummy. I love you. And I love me. I love...