A twisted version of the prodigal son — I was the middle child and the only girl between my older brother and my younger brother, Gerard. After the birth of Gerard, my mother was ravished by the disease schizophrenia. When you have a mother that has the worst form of schizophrenia, the middle child becomes a parent to…

Transformation — I must tell about my experience while I was writing my memoir. Three years ago, I woke up one morning and decided I wanted to write about my life. That thought must have produced a lot of matter because it was two days afterward I noticed an article in the…

It needs to be saved — I’ve been watching the trial of George Floyd’s murder. And like many others, I have witnessed his tragic death. I am a retired registered nurse and have been at the bedside of many of my patients dying. But none of that prepared me for the murder of George Floyd. I…

Harmony — After the demise of my mom, the sorrow I suffered from her loss reached the pit of my existence and a release of my inner child. Many days I had extreme despair and buckled to my knees in prayer to God. There was no one else who could save me. …

Jump with delight — Thou shall call his name Jesus; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins” Matt. 1:21 Metaphysical definition. The I in man, the self, the directive power, the I Am identity. Jesus represents God’s ideas of man in expression; Christ is the idea in the absolute…

Crystal — There are many things in one’s life, but not many are the love of your life — as well as the pillar of your existence. That pillar would be my daughter, Crystal. My daughter, Crystal, was born when I had just turned seventeen in 1970. What society judged as a…

I do — When I said I do and left everything, I knew I never had a chance You had your life already made, and your surroundings were the same I walked away and followed you It was fine until I expressed what I felt inside Many times my lonely feelings you denied …