Ahhh the joys of parenting! The ups, the downs and everything in-between! I will forever be grateful to God and the 12 step programs for preparing me for the hardest and most rewarding job I've ever had. Breaking the chains of dysfunction was and is paramount to me in raising my kids. I could not have been sane or centered enough for that monumental task without them. Being able to pass on the tools of life that deep spirituality and recovery have given me have helped my children in their approach to their own lives. They are more balanced in dealing with what life throws at them. Bad break-ups, big tests, relationships with friends and enemies, the good the bad and all that falls between.

In the program we learn that in order to keep it, you must give it away, the same is true with God. In order to keep that love, we must give it away to those around us. The beauty of all this is that it is never too late to change your life, to become the beautiful, loving and balanced person that God desires us to be. God gives us so many opportunities to become that person. Thank-you God for all for all of those "second chances" (and thirds and fourths etc!) Amen!!

If you know of anyone in need, please contact the Pastors
who will lead you to the hand that will help you cross over the bridge.