by Lisa Kohn | Jul 31, 2013 | Hope and Amazement
The funny thing is I don’t remember where I was when I heard the song. I was certain I’d remember, but I guess life is often a blur. It was during our vacation, and I was somewhere in Spain. Perhaps in a cathedral? My son says all we did was visit cathedrals. I can...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 28, 2013 | Resilience
The voices in my head are yelling. They’re loud. Don’t worry, I’m mentally stable, but I have moments – not necessary, I suppose, to mention the details of exactly when – that I feel as if there is something inherently wrong with me. Does everyone? Moments when I...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 24, 2013 | Writing
I love to write, but I don’t always know what to write about. Am I talking to myself on this blog? Does anyone care what I write about? Do you? I wondered if I should ask what I should write about. What do any of you want to read about? About my childhood? My past? My...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 21, 2013 | Recovery
Sometime last year my son and I were having a fight. Or, because I’m the parent, I can define this as, “he was resisting me and my greater wisdom.” Not doing whatever it was that I knew he needed to do (or at least I wanted him to do). In my defense, I think it was a...
by Lisa Kohn | Jul 17, 2013 | My Story
Years ago, too many years that I don’t want to count or admit, one of my best friends in college yelled at me. Or at least it felt like yelling at the time. “Lisa,” Dave said as we sat at a long table in the dining hall, wasting as many hours as we could at dinner,...