“This I Know”

Twice in my life I have been abandoned (forsaken or deserted). The first time at age 16. The parents in the house joined the migration north to find a better way of life. I was left with five other children, the youngest age seven. At the time I didn’t think much of it because I…

For years I struggled with how I came to be…more specifically, who was my father. Along the way, I heard said of me I was illegitimate and I began to identify with being illegitimate (born of parents who are not married to each other). As I grew older, it became a source of embarrassment especially…

There are four seasons in a year. Winter that ushers in cold, frigid temperatures, snow, ice, gray skies…very little sun, short hours of daylight, bare, leafless trees standing with limbs stretched upward to show a semblance of life..trying to catch a ray of sun to warm its leafless body. Winter is bleak and dismal.. contributing…

I promise to move on to subjects that are more light-hearted; however, there are a few I must surrender to paper in order to move on. This one is very important because it is the baggage I carried for 37 years. It is my sincere hope that by writing this true account, it will help…

This is probably be the most difficult subject to write about because many, if not all, of us have had a reason to ask forgiveness or to forgive. It is a critical part of life, but it is not the easiest thing to do. What is it about forgiving that we find so hard to…