My alarm sounds at 6:00 a.m. every weekday morning. I hit the button to turn it off, roll out of bed, walk into my closet, and grab my robe. I slide one arm after another into each sleeve, then drape the robe around my body. Next, I feel around my waist area for that most curial piece of the robe. The piece that keeps it all together. That piece that allows for the modesty and appropriateness I had in mind when I chose to put it on. That piece that makes the entire garment pointless if it is not Continue Reading
Refuse to Remain
SSS* Week 11- Whether it’s the result of a physical aliment like paralysis, the nature of one’s occupation like that of a truck driver, or a choice of habit to not get up and move about throughout the day, physical inactivity can lead to serious health concerns. Here is one reason why: the longer the body remains inactive, the more apt blood flow is to slow down. As blood flow slows down, the blood itself is able to pool and thicken. This increases the risk of clot formation which may cause a Continue Reading
Life God’s Way
SSS* Week #10- I dropped my red Kool-Aid filled cup . . . not in the kitchen where it could be mopped up, but in the carpeted living room. But hey, this adolescent came up with a solution: I’d clean it up, cover the red stains on the carpet with a huge décor pillow we never moved and my mother would never know what happened. Genius! She came home. All was well. Until several days later when she just so happened to look up and notice red splatter stains on the ceiling. Who knew the Kool-Aid Continue Reading