Slightly Off Ballance

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I was once told by someone older (and perhaps wiser) that some of us will take a direct route up their Mountain of Life, while others choose a more winding path for their ascent. She never mentioned you that you can get a little off-balance by taking the winding path.

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  • Wait- How Many Chapters Does This Book Have Again?

    “Time may change me, but I can’t trace time” – “Changes,” D. Bowie There is a certain kind of quiet that you spend years both dreading and desperately anticipating. I am told it arrives sometime in August. In August, my oldest heads into third grade, and my youngest takes his very first steps into pre-k.…

  • Oh Hi- Are you all still here?

    Excellent!   Maybe I can figure out something to entertain you, in the near future….

  • Mr. Bowie – A New Career in a New Town

    Said you took a big trip/ They said you moved away/ Happened oh, so quietly/ They say – “Everyone Say’s ‘HI’”- D.Bowie I was probably about 6 or so when I first saw him. He was costumed in this dark material, sitting rakishly upon a windowsill. Playing with his balls. It was not until almost 10…

  • Step Eight: Say Sayonara to Japan , and Look Towards Future Randomness

    My final day in Japan was a long one. From the onset, I knew that I would have to catch a flight late that evening. But first there must be food and a considerable amount of walking to still be done! Today’s “Let’s what the locals eat” experience took us to MOS Burger, where I…

  • Step Two: I Finally Make It to My Adventure Destination

    I woke up from my Texan respite, and started on the last leg of my journey to the land of the rising sun. Settling into my exit seat, I was excited about the extra legroom, but completely bummed by my lack of window (odd plane design) and the inconvenience of having to store everything in…

  • A Lesson in Physics (and totally not having anything to do with an imaginary ghost)

    I never fully appreciated simple act of bipedal locomotion until I made the flawed decision to carry a padded bench down a flight of carpeted stairs while wearing socks. Up until this point in my life, I have been remarkably lucky in avoiding any sort of serious injury. I’d had my fair share of bruises…

  • The story of a stolen cell phone, or “How my fiance and I spent our 2 year anniversary at the ER”

    So last night was a bundle of fun. You know how you set your phone down, ladies, when you go to pee. Right there above the toilet paper, so it won’t fall in? Yeah- don’t do that, or at least remember to grab it when you are done. People are not as honest or good…

  • Z, Y, X, W, V, U…. T?

    I cannot speak for other counselors, but I had a favorite group topic I liked to do while I was working in inpatient. Did not matter if adults or kids, I enjoyed doing this one. When you are working in an inpatient setting, you realize that it is never a matter of IF someone is…

  • For the birds

    When he called, he had already been expressing some thoughts of wanting to harm himself. The night before, he had been involved in a dramatic domestic abuse incident, and those thoughts lingered with him still. “I am having thoughts of harming myself,” he told my coworker, who, by random luck, was the one to pick…

  • You have really pretty hair

    “You have really pretty hair.” This was not the statement that my friend expected to hear at that moment. Not from her therapist. Especially not in the middle of a rather emotional counseling session. Sometimes it can be very difficult to know how to respond to a consumer (client, patient- they are all the same,…