Slips up on you, actually, to amend the lyrics from the popular song from which I borrowed this title. I had an anniversary last month that I didn’t blog much about at the time, in part because I was so busy living my life that it slipped up on me, and I didn’t think of it until a few days before the actual date. I thought about it again last night, though, when I read about [From Kevin’s anniversary.
20 years ago today…
… I walked into an alcohol & drug in-patient rehab center a cocaine/meth addict unable to stop on my own.
By the grace of God as I understand Him and the invaluable help of a 12-step program I have been clean ever since.
My gratitude is immeasurable.
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Saw the Ghost of Elvis
Down on Union Avenue
Followed him up the gates of Graceland
And I watched him walk right through.
~ Marc Cohn, “Walking in Memphis
My one trip to Memphis didn’t include the expected pilgrimage to Graceland, and I never saw the ghost of Elvis (impersonators notwithstanding) even though I stayed on Union Avenue. Even if I had I’m not sure I’d have followed him to Graceland. I say expected, because almost everyone I met who wasn’t connected with the conference asked me if I was going to Graceland. I said no, but what I didn’t share was that I’d already made up my mind where I was going while in Memphis, and my itinerary didn’t include Graceland. Not even a walk down Elvis Presley Blvd.
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It just goes to show you can’t necessarily trust a pretty face.
I wasn’t going to say anything about this.
John Edwards has admitted to having an affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, according to ABC News.
In an interview with Bob Woodruff that will air tonight on “Nightline,” Edwards reportedly says that he did not love Hunter and also claims that he did not father her infant daughter Frances, although he has not taken a paternity test.
Edwards reportedly tells Woodruff that he can’t be the baby’s father due to the timing of her birth last February.
ABC reports that Hunter was hired by Edwards’ presidential campaign to produce documentaries for his web site, and that Hunter traveled with Edwards to locations in the U.S. and Africa. According to ABC, his political action committee paid her $114,000 for her services.
Edwards reportedly tells Woodruff in the interview that his wife of 31 years, Elizabeth, who gave birth to four children with the former Senator, found out about the affair in 2006. Elizabeth is currently suffering from incurable cancer, but Edwards reportedly told Woodruff that her cancer was in remission when the affair began.
It burns me up that now we’ll waste at least a couple of news cycles talking about it while people dying in Iraq and losing their homes back in the U.S., but there’s something that burns me upmore
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