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Index
Cover
Copyright
From One Mother to Another
Part One: Take Root
Where Love and Addiction Meet
Before My Child Was an Addict
To Love an Addict
I’m Not Ashamed
I Did Not Cause It
Dalliance Becomes Disease
Intoxicating Enticements: Myth One
Intoxicating Enticements: Myth Two
A Disease, Not a Disgrace
Stigma and Secrets
Natural Order of Things
Addiction Wants to Win
Why, Oh Why?
Set Us All Free
A Parent Is Born
Feels Like War
The Pull
Nudge from the Nest
Judged
No Tears (Just Jeers)
Stolen from Me
Circus Tent
The Land of Tears
Just the Two of Us
The Ghost
Flowers, Not Weeds
Green-Eyed Monster
Self-Respect
I Love You
As I Was Meant To
Had It All
Connection Rejection
Path of Most Resistance
Erratic Pinball
What’s What
Prepared
Sticky, Icky Web
Equally Loved
Part Two: grow, Grow, GROW
I Will Not Help Kill My Child
Toughest Love of All
Enablers
Letting Go Is Not the Same as Giving Up
A Love Letter to Parents
Not All Figured Out
Un-abling
Puppets
The Same Shadow
A Cactus
Conundrum
Twenty-Eight Days
“Addict” Is Not a Bad Word
Not a Free Pass
Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
Bestness
Good for the Gander
Wallowing
No Place to Go
Zip It
Accidental Addict
Recovery All Around
Boundaries
A Victor, Not a Victim
Déjà Vu
Presence
Read the Signs
Fight the Right Enemy
Letting Go of the Silence
Nothing Is Something
Worse—or Not Worse
The Weakest Link
The Strongest Link
Lies
Changing Others
Sanity, Perspective, and Wisdom
Vibes
Love and Hate
Please Don’t Enable Me: A Letter
No
Two Boys
Letting Go of Hanging On
Three Blind Mice
Crummy Crumbs
Be Safe, My Heart
Easier Said Than Done
Thin Ice
Just a Boy
Acceptance
No Shame in Being Honest
Never to Be Wasted
Should’ves and Could’ves
Ready or Not
Passing of the Baton
Hope
Part Three: Wilt (a Bit)
Dandelion Wishes
Sometimes I Feel So Alone
A Love Letter
Love Is Pretty Quiet
Remember or Not
In Gaining an Addict
Forever Didn’t Last
This Path
Our Souls Need to Touch
Say Something
Every Freckle
Memories
Inching Along
Nowhere
My Soul Screams
Sands of Time
A Soaking Rain
The Squeeze
Chafing at My Spirit
When Hope Hurts
Unrealized Dreams
Indelible Handprints
Smothering
Dandelion Fluff
Train Wreck
A Peek
Today
Part Four: Feed and Nurture
Self-Care Is Not Selfish
Something Remaining
No Baloney
Destiny’s Ladder
Gonna Go Get My Hug
Let the Funshine In
In My Pocket
Giving and Receiving
Peace
Sculpted
Handle with Care
Clean Sweep
Taking Care of Myself First
Perfectly Fine
Friendship Quilt
Step Forward
The Wind Beneath My (Own) Wings
Because I’m Worth It
A Friendly Line
An Inside Job
Molehills
Kneel
Treasure the Treasures
Conscious of My Conscience
Polish Up My Spirit
Nuts
Friends
Blooms of Hope
Part Five: Bloom
I Have the Power
I Will Honor My Child
Let Recovery Begin with Me
Filling Not Stuffing
All I Want for Christmas
Like a Hug
Seeds of Truth
United We Win
Getting to Letting Go
Fences and Bridges
Fly
If Only
Nonetheless
Functional Dysfunction
Bent, Not Broken
Stickle Burrs
Flaw-some
Soft as Silk, Strong as Steel
Petrified Wood
Keeping Your Place Warm
I Spy
Lucky Stars
A Constellation
The Same Moon
Seriously
The High Road
Pain into Purpose
Figure-out-able
Carpe Diem
Stronger and Wiser
My Way
Strong Enough
Tip My Hat
The Same for You
The Change I Wish to See
The Thankful Approach
Not a Game
Someone Else
Better, Not Bitter
Success
His Worst Enemy
Connect the Jots
The One Who Matters
Mother’s Day
No Longer a Doormat
Busybody Barrier
Change the Dance
Heart On and Hands Off
Enlightened Place in Time
I Think You Can, I Think You Can
A Reason to Change
What Blooms
Part Six: Scatter Goodness
Pay It Sideways
Three Things
I Love You
Fierce
With the Heart of Another
A Bounty of Beauty
The Purpose of Purpose
The Power of One
Branches of the Same Tree
A Hug between Souls
Scoff Not
Afloat
Hugs and Hope
I’ve Got Joy Down in My Heart
Love Story
Uplifted
Slow and Steady
Seeds of Kindness
One Kind Thing
Together We Are Stronger
List of Meditations
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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