An open letter from an Alcoholic. I haven't spoken a lot recently about my gratitude for my life and how I got here. In this middle of...

I walked out of the living room and slipped my feet into my low cut ‘gumboots’. Gumboots are ‘Wellington boots’ if you’re in the United...

So, it's the day before New Year's Eve here in New Zealand. Life continues on with very little thought for the pandemic that continues to...

Today, I am 19 years sober. Even to write that is such a miracle. I don't share this to brag...

Some days it felt like I’d woken up in an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Early on, when we learned that we should wear masks and gloves...

I say it over and over again and I will continue to say it until I draw my last breath... There is magic in putting pen to paper....

There's not a day goes by that I don't find myself scribbling something down in my Passion Pulse. It's my private journal and it's also...

There's nothing I love more than falling into a good book. I was one of those kids who read everything I could get my hands...

Life has been a little up and down for me lately. Not enough hours in the day. Too many things to do in too short a time. Too many...

August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and...

Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-April and we've been on a roller coaster ride ever since. I'm pleased to report that she seems...

I remember a time many years ago, when I was struggling with early sobriety. I was on my way home from a shopping trip with my two young...

I'm asking myself where did the first quarter of the year go? I'm also looking at my goals for this quarter and I'm pleased to report...

It's been a torrid week here in New Zealand. I don't like following the news, but even I would have to have been living under a rock not...

Wonderful Wednesday: Sometimes it's hard when you're feeling as if the world is crashing in on you to find the wonder in the world....

Some days it feels like everything is too hard. "Struggle" is the word of the day and all I want to do is go back to bed, pull the covers...

When I was trying to get sober, I had a line drawing on my fridge. I eventually coloured it in I loved it so much. It was a photograph of...

You know the feeling. All the best intentions and then...Bam! Out of nowhere something gets in the way of your well structured new...

I had time to reflect today. As I write this, it’s the day before Valentine’s Day--the day when every woman (and probably a lot of men)...

This post could easily have a sub-heading, "How to Manage the Unmanageable" or even, "My Stationery Obsession" :-) I was thinking about...