RIP....Craig Aaron Ward

This year continues...between, the good, the bad and the beautiful God has continued his plan and somethings we just don't understand. Friday my father in law lost his long fight with lung cancer. It was no shock because he was suffering so much in the last few weeks but the shock of losing my mother in law almost two days to the exact day just makes it more painful.  I look at my husband and I realize that he is the strongest man that I've ever known.  If I put himself in my shoes and can literally see myself going slightly insane.  He is a superhero because he has taken blow after blow this year and has refused to break. The power of faith in God continues to amaze me. 

I look at him and I see his moods change and I continue to wonder about his resilience. He smiles, but there is sadness. He is so very happy at times but the two who created him are no longer here. I don't know if anyone is ever truly prepared for that feeling but I'm so very proud of the way he is handling it.  God has made sure to "test" him yet I know he is preparing him for greatness because he continues to bless him with little many rewards along the way. In fact just yesterday, a smile stayed on his face that could not be erased as our son, accepted God to be his Lord and Savior.


Praise God,

PMB

RIP Lena Horn

"Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death."

(June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010)

RIP Steve

I feel as if there is something I should say about Steve McNair.I'm not quite sure what the correct words are. I've been thinking of it so much these last few days but I don't really know what to say. I feel so badly for his wife and their children. I'm sure most of what they are hearing right now is so painful. I can only hope that their family is sheltering them from much of this media attention.

As far as Steve, I've heard many different things and I can only hope that he somehow was able to make peace before his death but I just don't see how it was possible. I pray that his accomplishments in life will trump his bad decisions the last few months of his life. I can sit at a computer and say a million things but Mathew 7:1 said it best. "Judge not lest ye be judged". We've all done things that may "haunt" us, that we regret, or would hate for our families to know about after our deaths. John 8:7 "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". If have avoided sin, well then good for you. What a saint you are. I guess that is why the Lord allows us to repent.

I believe for some of us, it is indeed a wake up call about how we would like to be remembered in life. To make better decisions, choose better people, love our families immensely for we never know when our time will come...... but most of all to WATCH and PRAY. God is seriously trying to get our attention in a major way. Not that so many celebrity deaths should be a wake up call because there is death each day, but the fact that those that have everything can loose it in an instance is what is a reality check for many. My minor problems in life are nothing compared to what others may be going through.

Blessings to the McNair family. Love life each day people, love all, appreciate, take care and most of all thank God.

Forever...Michael Jackson (RIP)

No Words...simply put. He was THE GREATEST PERFORMER OF ALL TIME! REST NOW YOUNG MICHAEL.



We sang along.

We danced for hours, years.

We celebrated.

We competed.

We tried to frighten one another.

We moon walked, badly.

We made love.

We connected.

We laughed.

We pumped our fists.

We nodded our heads.

We fantasized.

We smiled.

We listened, loudly.

We two-stepped.

We grew up.

We played with friends.

We started our own families.

We cried.

…All while listening to the music of Michael Jackson. He was the brightest star of my youth, and his light faded out today. A flawed hero, yes. But that’s what made him human. He was also a dad. We were hard on MJ and we were good to him, our own flaws becoming apparent as we ponder his death, and watch random clips of his life.

The music lives on, and we all know the music speaks for itself. I raise my glass to a remarkable life.

Mama There Goes that Man

Tupac made me fall in love with Hip Hop...Happy Birthday Pac. Gone but Not Forgotten.