September 2011

A River Runs Through It

After getting sober, a man returns to the valley of his childhood in his imagination and finds his Higher Power

I remember what it was like as a young boy, waking up on those summer mornings with that wonderful feeling of excitement—bouncing out of bed and running outside into that world of a thousand new adventures. The screen door slammed behind me, as I raced down the riverbank and through the sweet-smelling cottonwoods to that deep-blue silent mystery, the River.

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