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VERNON R. BRADLEY, M. A., MFT Marriage Family Therapy License Number MFC 17232
Consulting and Staff Development 909-797-8325
Welcome! Thanks for visiting my site. My Practice in Marriage Family Therapy provides professional services to individuals,
couples, and families of all ages. My "job" is to be a supportive ally for my clients as they face the various
life challenges that come their way. If you've never experienced
therapy before or want a "taste" of my approach, click on Services.
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The office is located in Yucaipa,
which is located at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains. We're just a few minutes from Oak Glen and Forest Falls.
OFF THE TOP MY WEEKLY BLOG
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Friday, June 9, 2006
TGIF
Where has the week disappeared to? More properly, to where has the week disappeared?
Now you really know it's been one of those weeks! One of the top terrorists is dead. It was not a big enough event to
drown out the howling about immigration.
I paid my utility bills today--all those utilities we take for granted. Our
dryer is on the blink, and next Tuesday, someone will come out to repair it. In the meantime, we talk to the dryer and
sometimes swear at it. When all else fails, we hang the clothes up to dry the way we used to a long time ago and the
way many folks still do!
On Sunday, I'm going to a celebration. Sister Doris, a Benedictine nun, is celebrating
fifty years of committment. Wow! A few years back, she dropped everything she was doing to drive me home--a
ten mile round trip--to retrieve a spare car key. It was one of those many times I managed to lock the keys in the trunk.
And when she gets to the pearly gates, the voice will say, "And when I locked my keys in the trunk of my car, you...."
I know many people work on the weekend. So it is a little difficult to say, "Have a good
weekend," but I'll say it anyhow. I'm working this weekend myself--teaching a parenting class tomorrow.
The best part about Friday is the banks close for the weekend, and I can stop worrying until
Monday morning at 9 a. m. whether or not I have enough money to cover all the bills I paid today! It's really okay to
stop worrying for a couple of days!
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
DISCONNECT
There are so many daily experiences from which, over time, we have learned to become
emotionally disconnected. For example, we drive the freeways, disconnected from the inherent and looming dangers.
We have also become disconnected from the atrocities of war. We read about them in the
news, we watch video clips on television, we see the dead bodies of both the enemy and our own soldiers, we watch interviews
of maimed soldiers returning home. The atrocity of it all somehow gets buried by the high price of gasoline from which
we are also gradually disconnecting!
I don't have an answer, but it is this same disconnect that makes it possible for soldiers to
go to war in the first place and to do the unthinkable, namely kill and maim the enemy. The problem is that when you
disconnect, you run a HUGE risk. At some point, the enemy becomes EVERYONE! It is part of the process that we
cannot control. We need to take responsibility for putting our soldiers in that risk and not shift the blame when the
killing gets out of control. And that too is an oxymoron!
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Scott is the GENTLEman on the left. You can tell how much we love each other!
The music, Clair De Lune, is from the CD Debussy/Ravel Piano Works.
It is a Classical Gallery CD produced by Platinum Disc Corporation, P. O. Box
2798, La Crosse, Wisconsin 94602
This is one of my favorite piano pieces from the many concerts I attended as a little
kid right there in my own living room--listening to Mom play.
See blog for March 10.
Ian on his favorite morning--CHRISTMAS--with his favorite animal--ANGEL! See Blog for August 23. 
My Birthday buddy, Glenn, getting into WILDFIRE!
Maynard on his 92nd birthday, contemplating kicking my butt in cribbage!
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