Tag: recovery

Hello, fellow earthlings! This is my first attempt to communicate with y’all en masse. (Technically, this is now my second or third try – very necessary do-overs! Am I ready now? I think so. I hope so…) I want my blog to be a variety show of different topics that interest me, and I hope to stimulate discussions and exchanges of ideas with all y’all. (I often show my Texas roots. Wanna see my boots?)

I’m originally from Podunk, county seat of Redneck County, deep in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Most Likely to Succeed in the Class of 1969! “It was the summer of ’69” when I got outta there as soon as I could and spent the 70s grooving in Austin. As the middle child (and oldest girl) of a large lower-middle-class family, I carry my scars with a mixture of shame and pride. My family tree has so many dysfunctional roots and branches that it’s amazing any of us came out alive and well! But we have produced some amazing fruit!

I now live in beautiful Pensacola, Florida, transplanted by choice in 2005 to this incredible piece of Paradise. I traveled extensively prior to settling down here, and I’m SO thankful I found the Emerald Coast! For the first time in my life, I’m not wasting my time wishing I were somewhere else, doing something else, with someone else!

So who am I? First and foremost, I’m a born-again Jesus-Follower (but not a conventional Christian!) and an eager Worshiper (I’m known by many as “The Tambourine Lady”). I’m a single mother of a boomerang “special needs” grown son (named Austin); a 4:20-friendly Baby Boomer peace-and-love hippie chick; a mixture mindset, both liberal and conservative, depending on the topic; a mostly-retired Licensed Massage Therapist advocating for natural alternative remedies; an intentionally healthy nature-girl organic gardener; a straight ally to the LGBT community; a certified Aspie (Asperger’s Syndrome —  I’m not quite as “quirky” as Sheldon, but I’m so sad TBBT is over!).

As a child-abuse-survivor, I am a longtime seeker of Recovery support (CoDA, AlAnon, ACA, SLAA, LAA, EFT tapping, as well as personal and group therapies). My many bookshelves are filled with self-help and how-to books, whether of my spirit, my psyche, my body, my relationships, my house, or my garden. Our house is full of rescued fur-babies, and my yard is full of beautiful plants. My favorite “God-Place” is swinging in my Sky Chair that hangs on the porch of my backyard she-shed. Sunset on Pensacola Beach is also on the top of my favorite places to just BE. Dancing in the breeze under the stars to the oldies at Bands on the Beach is my favorite entertainment — and exercise!

If you know me very well, you know that I’ve been wanting to do some more writing for a long time. I’ve struggled with all the blocks that a writer can have! I’ve tried different methods with all the various how-to choices and am currently working on setting up a blog (and pod cast!?!?) on WordPress, using an ed2go online course through Continuing Education at Pensacola State College. This is my second time to take this class. The first ended abruptly when I fell and broke my right wrist a few weeks into the class. It’s been 2 ½ years since that fall. Followed by severe anxiety attacks –> more writer’s block! But “In the Name of Jesus, I don’t have to be afraid anymore!” Can I get an Amen? And did I tell you I have a Masters in Procrastination? (Still praying for that deliverance!)

Because music, especially contemporary Christian, is such an important part of my life, I will often share music videos, which I hope bless you as much as they bless me. Click here to hear Plumb singing “Lord, I’m Ready Now” — I think I am!

Thank you for joining me in my virtual living room. Please post a comment and make my day! (Looks like you have to go back up to the top left and click on Comments.)

Peace and love, naa-noo, naa-noo, Namaste, Shalom, and all that goes with it!

Katy