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Day 11: Christmas Sweater Countdown— Surviving Your Trials Is Magic
India.Aire hit the nail on the head when she sang I am not my hair. I am not my skin. I am not your expectations. I AM the soul that lives within. And so are you. It’s by god’s grace or magic that I’ve overcome the health obstacles in my life: two strokes, two stomach repair surgeries, three lymph node removal surgeries due to a cancer scare, dozens of procedures, miscarriages, back pain, foot…
What You Think You Become
I wrapped my arms around myself as I went to bed last night. It was my small way of quieting the thoughts that were bombarding me like, “what do I have to do tomorrow? When am I going to my knee replacement and foot and spine injections done? What are the holidays going to look like now that my immediate family is so tiny?” I thought about a video clip from “the Boondocks” a friend of mine sent…
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Don’t Piss Away Your Life
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Air Your Grievances And Move On
#HappyFestivus. For people who weren’t Seinfeld fans, this was a holiday celebrated by the Costanza family on the show. But, it’s origins stem from a holiday Dan O’Keefe’s family observed and it was hardly funny (please read his book). Nonetheless, others have embraced Festivus,including congressman Rand Paul. I unknowingly have practiced some of its elements for years, like the airing of…
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Air Your Grievances And Move On
#HappyFestivus. For people who weren’t Seinfeld fans, this was a holiday celebrated by the Costanza family on the show. But, it’s origins stem from a holiday Dan O’Keefe’s family observed and it was hardly funny (please read his book). Nonetheless, others have embraced Festivus,including congressman Rand Paul. I unknowingly have practiced some of its elements for years, like the airing of…
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Lean In To Living A Jolly Life
Are you living a jolly life? That’s what I wonder every time I look at this sweater. It’s my pick for day 21 of my ugly Christmas sweater countdown. The fact that Santa has tattoos doesn’t hurt because I still love mine 25 years later. I wasn’t sure when I got it how a black panther clawing its way out of flames truly represented me. Now I know I can make my way through the bonfires in life and…
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You’ll Pay The Price for Being Naughty
I’m calling myself out for naughty behavior this weekend. You see, I was moving stuff back to its proper place after eating market carpets cleaned for my birthday Andy back didn’t like that. I should know better. I’ve had more than a dozen procedures to burn the nerves in my back so I can walk with limited pain. Anyway, I rested immediately after it happened but I had dinner plans for my…
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Be Authentic and Loving
She never used the word naughty but every time she saw me my aunt “Lola,” Rubelle Johnson, always checked to see if I was behaving. She would say, “you acting right? Doing right? If not, I’ll box you in the mouth.” Of course, being my mother’s child I’d answer sarcastically with, “what are you really going to do old lady? You’ve been threatening that since I was born.” She’d reply, “mind now! I…
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