2019 trials and tribulation
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“Sometimes I Cry: The Exhaustion of Chronic Pain, Broken Trust, and Relentless Faith”
In this raw and honest reflection, I share what it’s like to cry from physical pain, emotional burnout, financial stress, and spiritual exhaustion—and how holding onto faith has kept me going through it all. This morning, like I always do, I sat down to check my emails.But this time, without warning, I started to cry.I Continue reading
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“3 Weeks Post Shoulder Replacement: PT Pain, Muscle Weakness, and Finding My Strength”
Three weeks after left shoulder replacement surgery, I’m navigating physical therapy pain, muscle rebuilding, and daily recovery challenges as a sickle cell warrior. Here’s what this phase looks like and how I’m pushing forward. Week 3 Post-Surgery: Pain, PT, and Pushing Through Today marks exactly 3 weeks since my left shoulder replacement, and let me Continue reading
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Post-Op Recovery with Sickle Cell: My First 14 Days After Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Follow my 14-day journey after left shoulder replacement surgery while living with sickle cell disease. From nerve blocks to physical therapy, here’s how I’m navigating pain, recovery, and daily challenges with determination and faith. Post-Op Reality: What You Don’t See Behind the Smile The photo above was taken just after surgery.I know—I’m smiling. But don’t Continue reading
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Just a thought I would like to share
If I’ve learned anything over the past five years, it’s this:I can depend on God. No matter what life has taken from me—my health, my peace, even people—I have never lost my faith.Yes, I’ve questioned things.Yes, I’ve wrestled with pain.But I’ve also waited, trusted, and listened for answers. And in that waiting, I’ve seen God Continue reading
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I Wish Healthcare Providers Would Listen
One thing I wish healthcare providers would truly understand is this:Sometimes, doing the job isn’t enough—you have to listen to the patient too. As someone living with a chronic blood-related disease, I already face more than my share of battles.But one of the parts I absolutely hate the most?Being a hard stick. My veins are Continue reading
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Cuba – My third Cruise
I normally cruise on Carnival but this time I did a four day cruise on Royal Caribbean because they sailed to Cuba. Part of my life after the coma is having vacation packages I totally forgot about but had to taken else I would lose all the money I had invested. Sickle Cell never ask Continue reading
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Yesterday’s fruit,tomorrow’s wine.
Life after a coma has been the most difficult season in my entire existence on earth. One may say with any tragic and traumatic experience, especially a life altering one. The hardest time is rebuilding not only what was lost but yourself physically,emotionally, financially, and mentally all literally. I spent six weeks in a coma Continue reading
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Second Cruise
December 2013 was a month of major celebration for me.One of the greatest milestones of my life had finally been achieved:I earned my Master’s Degree in Education. But it wasn’t just about receiving the diploma—I graduated with the highest GPA in my program and was honored to carry the degree flag at commencement.When I opened Continue reading
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Teach us how to Pray
Happy Sabbath/Saturday to all! One of the damages from my coma was Brain Hemorrhaging and this was caused by multiple mini strokes in my brain. Sickle cell can and will damage every part of the body at one time or the other. Me as I explained in other post was total body shut down and Continue reading
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Contract Vs. Covenant
A few days ago I was having a conversation with my son, basically about how someone we both know and love who is unhappily married and why people get married for the wrong reasons. My son said to me “I don’t see why people need to get married, can’t they just live together? why do Continue reading
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The battleground of the mind
If we will be effective in spiritual warfare, the first field of conflict where we must learn warfare is the battle ground of the mind: i.e., the ‘place of the skull” To defeat the devil, we must be crucified in the place of the skull. We must be renewed in the spirit of our minds. Continue reading
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Fear is a liar
As my surgery date draws closer—(for those just joining, it’s my left shoulder replacement due to Avascular Necrosis caused by Sickle Cell)—I find myself facing something unfamiliar:Fear. Usually, I stare surgeries in the face, armor on, ready to fight.But this time…Maybe I’m just tired.Maybe sickle cell is wearing me down more than I want to Continue reading
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Father but not a Dad….
You know the old saying:“Anyone can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a dad.” The truth is, we all have fathers — or at least we did at some point — but not everyone has a dad.A real dad nurtures a child’s intellectual, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual growth.I never Continue reading
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Expectations: Lessons I Didn’t See Coming
Expectations: Lessons I Didn’t See Coming Definition of Expectation: We use the word expectation all the time, but have we ever really studied it?I had to. Life forced me to. Over the past five years—after surviving a coma—I’ve learned more lessons about expectations than I could have ever imagined. Hard lessons. Humbling lessons. Painful, beautiful, Continue reading
About Me
I LIVE LOVE LAUGH LEARN – the only way I know how to survive this life! I am a free-spirited, independent, or uninhibited person. I began this blogging journey years ago for sharing my thoughts on everyday life. Since then, so much has happened including me being in a coma because of Sickle Cell with brain damage and extreme trials in life. I am still struggling, but I feel someone can be motivated through my journey, thoughts, feelings, and life.
Phoenix: Live Love Laugh 