An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

smoke sacrament together. We went to the ghetto to
get some on a street corner and visit their friends who
lived there. They told us of hard times they and the
neighborhood faced under Reagan’s policies.
When I got home, I wrote an article about the
conference for the Fair Share newsletter. Geraldine
made some editorial changes. Rich told her she
needed to show them to me. She was afraid I might
not take them well, but came to the print shop where I
worked in the basement during lunch hour when no
one else was around. She was relieved that I accepted
her changes so well.
She came to Sky River Press and helped me put
out a bulk mailing to promote The Forest Farmer’s
Handbook that I secured a grant from the Fessenden
Foundation for. I took her out to dinner afterwards to
show my appreciation.
Meanwhile, my relationship with Asha was not
good. My son was the main thing that kept us together.
She was emotionally unstable, and I never
knew what kind of mood I would come home to.
Sometimes I just went back to the office and ate out.
My stepchildren, Mark and Kristi, never accepted me
as their father and caused trouble. One day, out of the
blue based on a lie Mark told her, Asha told me to
move out and threatened me with a restraining order.
I packed my stuff in the station wagon, bought
a couple of bottles of wine to celebrate my freedom,
and went to Rich and Caren’s house where they let
me stay a few days until I found a place. Geraldine
rented rooms in her house, so I went to see her. She
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