Author Archives: AECRM

A Gift with Some Memories

Posted on March 3, 2019

The other day a friend from our former church in Arizona posted this on Facebook: “Name one thing that you learned from your father.” As I regularly don’t follow directions, I wrote two things, but they were woefully inadequate. Then … Continue reading →

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Gratitude in the Furniture Hospital Ward

Posted on January 30, 2019

There were years in our life together when my husband greeted each new morning saying, in an exaggerated Scottish brogue, “Glory be to Jesus, it’s a beautiful day.” But how do you keep gratitude in your life when the troubles … Continue reading →

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Our Hands Are Full

Posted on January 14, 2019

We are too old for this. Perhaps it is punishment for our sins. Maybe it is just the jest of the devil to make us curse our lot. It might be intended as a little entertainment, so others will sit … Continue reading →

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OHIO

Posted on January 3, 2019

For the time being you can follow the link to my Ann Miko page — https://when-the-river-wont-flow.blog/ann-miko/ or you can read it here: If you’ve checked in here before you’ll have heard that I started this blog years ago when I … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of Our Last Home

Posted on August 27, 2018

On June 18th, I wrote a post called The Mixed Blessing of our Last Home. That seems like ages ago. Now we are a month away from closing on our new home, and we are eager to do that. We … Continue reading →

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Sobriety, Depression, and Answered Prayers

Posted on August 14, 2018

Originally posted on Sober Grace:
It’s been a while! I haven’t updated my blog for quite a long time, for various reasons. Yes, I am still sober. No, I have not been going to very many meetings in the last…

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Roadrunners and Javelina

Posted on July 27, 2018

My husband was brought to Arizona when he was just five years old and he has lived most of his life here. Before I moved with him to Arizona in 2012, I had lived and worked in Ohio, Switzerland, Pennsylvania, … Continue reading →

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Bone Tired, Frayed Nerves, Great Kindnesses

Posted on July 23, 2018

During the last three or four weeks my husband and I have dismantled two beds and have arranged them and one additional bed frame along with two dressers, a nightstand, a couple chairs and some random furniture oddments compounded with … Continue reading →

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The Mixed Blessing of Our Last House

Posted on June 18, 2018

We are selling our house and moving. As a disclaimer, this was my husband’s idea. He loves me very much, and it occurred to him that the discrepancy in our ages might cause some difficulties for me in the future. … Continue reading →

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A Parsec of Stress Prompts Delicious Escape

Posted on June 2, 2018

The sum of our ages added to the dollars needed to get our house ready to put on the market, multiplied by the task of finding the very last house we intend to buy, squared by the 1400 miles from … Continue reading →

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