R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

Dear Blog Readers:

I'm not sure what's going on with the blog publishing function. I noticed that there has been no blog published the last two days. For a while, I had trouble getting photos to publish (no big loss!) .... Anyway, I am going to try to post a poem today that is one of about seven poems that appear in the back of the Radical Recovery book. This was written after this person's divorce was final. The last line is the most important. Keep in mind that we will not get our old life back. That's how life is ... we keep moving forward no matter what. Today, just understand that what's done is done and there is no changing it. However, the really fantastic part is that we have our whole new life ahead of us! With your own capabilities and dreams and talents, and God's love and power to comfort you and give you strength, your life can be unbelievably fulfilling and fun! Just because someone made wrong choices doesn't mean God's promises to you are gone. In fact, God has a special place in his heart and in his plans for the broken hearted. He promises you will dance and laugh and sing again! Believe that truth. And continue to do right yourself.

What Did You Think?


Did you actually think she was worth
giving up your children every day?
Or that she could ever repair
the quiet look of sadness in their eyes?

Did you really think she could take the place
of seeing the family of geese with your grandchildren?
Or laughing around the table about “I eight the refrigerator?”

Did you really think she could fill up the empty spaces
everywhere you turn?
Or could heal the hurt of people who loved you?
Or could soften the disappointment
of people who respected you?

Did you really think she could replace
the rich, deep pleasures of doing right?


You might have thought so ...
or maybe still do.


But you’re wrong.