We took an opportunity to go out of town to celebrate birthdays with two of our grandsons this weekend. The younger of the two has taken an interest in golf, so we went to Top Golf with the fam. It was a hoot! My son-in-law has not spent much time on a golf course. I…

I had an interesting encounter this weekend. I ran into an old friend at a memorial service. I have known this person for years but they moved out of state several years ago so we are more “social media friends” than “go get coffee friends” these days. In the interval since we were last face…

Normally this blog gets written over a cup of coffee. After all, it is called Minister of Mocha, right? Well today, we are looking at tea. Every now and then people spend time to let me know that I am not their cup of tea. I get it, my past has not always been something…

Well, after over twenty years in Recovery, your MoM did something new last night. I went to my very first AA meeting. It’s something that I’ve wanted to do for years, but have never had things go the way I felt was necessary in order for that to happen. Most importantly among my list of…

I showed up at the office and found all of the tables full. Not just “my” table, all of the tables were occupied. What gives?!? And it wasn’t any of the typical folks that sometimes keep my seat warm for me, these were a whole cadre of new people sitting where I wanted to be.…

There are certain patterns that I get into. Mondays are MoM Blog days; Tuesdays are Mess it Up podcast days; and of course, Fridays are for Celebrate Recovery. It’s not always the same on these days, but there are things that happen frequently enough that they become part of the pattern or routine. Among the…

Mrs. MoM and I have been spending our evenings binge watching old TV shows. We plowed through 11 seasons of Cheers between Thanksgiving and Christmas , then we dove into Modern Family as we dove into 2025. Having never seen even one episode of Modern Family, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As it turns…

I was just now staring at my screen pondering what to write to you, Dear Reader. Recently I’ve been reading through all of the previous blogs from the past ten years for a project (look for that it February!), so I am more aware of the things that I’ve written about. I am also cognizant…

My kids have lived on the Big Island for the better part of a decade now. This weekend they did something new. A typical weekend for them looks a lot like this: stay home, watch tv, play video games. Even though they live in a jungle paradise, they don’t really get out much. But this…

I’ve been up for a little bit and all of the other blogs that I read have been doing end of the year things. Looking back at 2024, looking forward to 2025…you know what I’m talking about. I just didn’t feel like doing that post today, so I decided to talk about how hot it…