Adult Children of Addicts

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          I guess this theme is still on my mind since my last post, On Souls Slipping Away, Addiction, and the Death of Whitney Houston.  In that post I mention how people raised by and around addicts may have developed coping strategies that no longer serve them in their lives presently.  The dynamics of addiction don't only apply to alcoholism. Any addiction can be hurtful to the well-being of a family, such as sexual, gambling or narcotic addictions. Despite the circumstances, the impact is always similar and the self esteem and coping strategies of the adult child of an addict are negatively affected.

On Souls Slipping Away, Addiction, and the Death of Whitney Houston

Bittersweet memories, that is all I'm taking with me.

So, goodbye ...please, don't cry.

 

Whitney Houston, 1963 - 2012

It is said we undergo a life review upon our transitioning

back to the spirit plane ("death"), which makes this video 

all the more haunting now, as Whitney's character in the 

"The Bodyguard" watches scenes of her life flash by.  

And the imagery is also quite poignant to me personally, 

in light of a dream I had once...

The "door" of the airplane in my dream

was actually a noren, fabric hung

in doorways and windows in Japan,
like this one in a small apartment.  They 

represent a change in venue, literally and
metaphorically.

Death as an Airplane Trip

          Singer Whitney Houston, who passed away today, is taking a long trip in Spirit to what some call the "life between lives."  The internet of course is plastered with news of her death, and  today when I saw the video above embedded in a news report, it reminded me of a dream I had about my mom many years before she passed to spirit.  It was one of those uncanny dreams, the kind where you're pretty shaken up when you awaken, and it stays on your mind for weeks, maybe months ...or in this case, years.  It was that kind of dream.