Category Archives: Personal

What Is My Primary Mission In Life?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Luke Ford

For most of the time since I was eight years old, I’ve felt like my primary mission in life was to write. I started blogging in 1997 and started weekly psycho-therapy in 1998. All of my therapists have seen vast … Continue reading →

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All Defects Of Character

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Luke Ford

Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading →

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Living Out A Chaim Potok Novel

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Luke Ford

When I was 14 and 15 (1980-1981), my family and I read all (or almost all) of Chaim Potok‘s novels about Judaism. They reminded us of what dad had gone through with the legalistic — in our view — Seventh-Day … Continue reading →

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Blogging As Self-Defense

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Luke Ford

One reason I loved coming to California in 1977 was that there was no corporal punishment in the schools. In Australia, I got hit regularly. Teachers would smack my hand with a ruler when I was bad. Sometimes the ruler … Continue reading →

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Women Who Have Fathers-In-Law Are Married

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Luke Ford

I just learned in therapy that when a woman has a father-in-law, it means she’s married. I thought it just meant that she has a step-dad. Oy! So many elementary social cues that I miss, like a Ladies Room is … Continue reading →

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