Four Shots

Today is add-a-shot Friday at my coffee shop and I could not resist moving up to a quad-venti-no-whipped-mocha. Whooowheeee! It’s going to be a fun day today.

I get really nervous when there is little turmoil in my life. It’s like walking down an alley in a bad neighborhood wondering when someone is going to jump out at you.

The upside to a peaceful life is that it causes me to look for other ways I can help people. I contacted a veteran’s hospital and an adolescent home but no one has returned my call yet. I spent a total of five years in an adolescent home so I have a particular interest in working with troubled teens. Also, I have learned a lot about raising difficult teens from my son J. He is a great kid with a good heart but raising him was the most difficult challenges I have ever faced. I now feel compelled to use the tolerance, patience, wisdom and empathy to help other kids similar to me and J.