My grandson in Hawaii has been on Spring Break for the past week. Staying up late and sleeping in have become the thing for him. That all comes crashing down today. It’s back to school for him and back to work for his Mom as well. I say it comes crashing down because there was…

I’ve got some Crocs that I wear for game days. They are red and they’ve got a very specific set of Jibbitz on them. One side has a soccer ball and an Arsenal badge, while the other has letters that spell out the word “GOONERS”. I used to have a different soccer ball, but it…

I hesitate to write that title just a few days before I fly, but let’s see what happens… Yesterday we went to the prison and were met with delays. Count took longer that expected, which meant that chow started later than expected, which meant that the men didn’t get to class at the time we…

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…