Daddy was a soldier in World War II and the Korean War and he was proud of that fact. Back when I thought I knew everything - I used to say "War World II was Daddy's finest hour." He was in Europe and a G.I. Life was an adventure. Black soldiers were considered heroes, a thing of wonder like an exotic bird - there was no segregation and no Jim Crow in European cities for a soldier. A Black man from the South could walk freely and speak with a man and look him in the eye. I believe war was …
Taking My Life On With Baby Steps.
Sometimes you just have to think positive! You have to visualize your dreams. But you also have to take the next step which is ACTION. That is my biggest issue - no action - but I'm working on it - one step at a time. I find that when I look at a project, goal or dream as an end, it overwhelms me into doing nothing, never starting, or worse: I start, get distracted and never finish. So I have decided to look at the same project, goals and dreams as a process, and lay them out in small but …
9/11
Today is a day or remembrance of that terror, that heartache, that shock known as 9/11. I lost a friend when the towers fell that day: Carl Valvo, father, husband and buddy. We all lost so much including our innocence and our naivete. We all became citizens of the world and witnesses to the deep desperation and evil that exists in the hearts of men. Funny that today I am being interviewed by Voice of America. 9/11 probably won't be a topic discussed but I will tell a story of my own and the …
Her Heart is Broken.
It's been a long time since I felt heartbreak but I am reliving it right now with someone who is dear to my heart. Talk about feeling helpless. All my wise words mean nothing, I know this because I heard them from others long ago and I don't recall them actually being a balm. Oh! To be young and in love! Oh! To feel that crushing blow of Love's hammer when it ends. I remember that pain. My heart cries out to her. I wish I had that magic pill to make it go away. I wish I could …
Feeling Grateful Today.
I woke up to see another day! Yay!! I can walk, see and breathe easily! Yay! No one is detonating chemical weapons in my neighborhood! Yay! I don't have to worry about starving today! Yay! I don't have to hide from rape gangs today! Yay! There is no civil war going on outside my doorstep! Yay! I have clean water, access to a reliable power grid, mobil devices and a computer! Yay! Someone loves me! Yay! Now let me list my complaints ... NAH! I'm feeling grateful today. …