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POEM: Elegy: Cousin Tish – Baby Woman Mother
Elegy: Cousin Tish – Baby Woman Mother Playing house is different with baby cousins, lil’ brothers and sisters and the mannish boys in the neighborhood. Who needs a fake baby with real baby cousins in reach? Tish was a chubby, curly-haired infant, rosy-cheeked girly-girl toddler adorable, rambunctious, loved. Rolling over, pushing up learning to walk, run circles around folks from the house and yard to Grandma’s vegetable garden; real life cabbage patch doll blooming up and down the street, burrowing roots, extending networks. Too soon, I was no fun; just a boring old cousin to a womanish girl who preferred smokin’ weed as boys circled and plotted in her haze.…
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Bible Study, Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace, Divine Story, Inspiration from Other Authors, live, Sermon, Walking in the Word
Sermon: Favor Over Fear by Steven Furtick
This sermon is a gift. For me, it encompasses two big projects I’m working on: a re-edit of my book, Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace and the Marriage & Relationship: Modern Concepts vs. Biblical Principles Virtual Bible Study Series. I’ve added so much to Desert of Solitude since it was published in 2018, that it’s more of a re-write at this point. One of the strongest themes in my book is the cycle of endings and beginnings aka life and death. This sermon has touched on a vein and exposed perspectives I hadn’t considered. It is also a great addition to the Marriage & Relationship discussion series. Pastor Steven…
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All Is Meaningless (ACAD: Ecclesiastes 12)
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
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All Is Meaningless (ACAD: Ecclesiastes 11)
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
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Acceptance and Love, Family and Friend Relationships, Inspiration from Other Authors, Life, Sermon, Spirit Harvest
Sermon: Family Matters – Future
Family Matters - Future You can still have the family you envisioned. Just becauae you've suffered loss doesn't mean all is lost. Its never too late to go back and grieve something you didn't grieve before and move forward from there.
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Book Review: The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America
How is Neumann an authority on death? She concluded, "There is no good death, I now know.... But there is a good enough death.... knowing death makes facing it bearable.... And there is really one kind of bad death, characterized by the same bad facts: pain, denial, prolongation, loneliness.”
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Story
You died. I cried. And kept on getting up. A little slower. And a lot more deadly. ~ Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
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Don’t lead with your pain.
There’s been an unconscious mantra making rounds in my head for the last few months. Don’t lead with your pain. Simple enough as thoughts go. A complex algorithm as far as implementation goes. No matter where I begin my life story, death has a starring role… or at least a pivotal one. I’ve always thought so anyway. In recent months, I’ve been trying to figure out how to tell my story differently. What do I begin with? How do I punctuate or embellish? How do I include others in my current narrative? In January, my company moved to a new location. The office space was shuffled like musical chairs and…
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Thoughts on Granddaddy’s death
It is only when we are confronted with loss that we truly appreciate what we’ve gained. Granddaddy closed his eyes at the end of a December and we bid our collective farewell at the beginning of January. It’s a different take on new beginnings. Beginning the year with a burial. Beginning with death and a seed. Beginning with the celebration of a well-lived life.
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Acceptance and Love, Divine Story, Life, Love, Prayer, Relationship with God, Spirit Harvest, Walking in the Word
5 Minutes with Granddaddy / You Are an Incredible Testimony of Mercy
5 Minutes with Granddaddy / You Are an Incredible Testimony of Mercy I wish I had softer memories, kinder thoughts to dwell on as I'm confronted with the end of my granddaddy's life; but these are the memories that I had to acknowledge and overcome so they would not be all I had to look back on in the future.... I spent half a day getting to him and had only five minutes at his bedside… but it was all I needed to say what I had to say... what I was sent to say.
