Ok so a few months ago while at my youngest sisters home we were all sitting around talking and laughing when the conversation, as it often does, turn serious. My cousin, Lorisha Rogers Williams, dealing with the loss of her husband a little over a year ago, simple asked me how do I do it. Meaning how do I wake up everyday, knowing my health situation and hurting the way that I do, and still manage to have faith and smile. My answer was short and to the point. Because, it could always be worse, and because I know unlike man, my God will never forsake me or lie to me. You see she and I along with about six more of my cousins were apart of what we refer to as Madeas first generation of grandkids because of the vast age differences there is three generations, but the first generation, we grew up more like brothers and sisters than first cousins. We fought together, each other, cried, and laughed but most of all we LOVED each other unconditionally. Our moms and grandmother taught us the importance of having family and faith. You see because as long as you have those two, there really isnt anything that life can throw at you that you cant handle. You see, despite, whatever medical issues I may have, I have a God who has the last word no matter what the Doctors may say. I have a praying mother who faithfully lifts me up in her prayers daily and call to check on her middle 40 year old baby. I have a bestfriend/sister, who has had my back since the 6th grade. No matter how many miles apart we are, we talk daily and are very active in each others lives. My kids couldnt have picked a better godmother. I have a Priest who actually misses and worries about my family whenever we miss too Sundays because he knows thats not like us. I have a husband, who works hard daily to take care of family and home, but still takes time to be the strong father and Patriarch that our family needs and his father raised him to be. My children, well they are just that, our children. Mistakes, flaws, foolishness, and all they are ours and they know without a shadow of a doubt that we as their parents will go to hell and back in gasoline underpants if they are right and need us, but if they are wrong, we are the first reprimand, because we taught each one to own up to your mistake and then correct it. I have a God chosen father who taught his daughters never to depend on any man, but God, but who also made it harder for just any man to capture our hearts because of the high standards he set before them, in his treatment of my mom and his daughters. I know this very long but it was something on my heart that I felt was necessary to say. Lorisha, my answer is still the same, because of my family and my faith. I smile daily regardless of the weather, issues, or problems, because God dont make mistakes, and he never promised us a bed of roses without a few thorns but he what he did promise us was that he would be there to see us through our storms, and he does that daily. He has placed people in my life, who are there to help me, be there for me, and carry me through my storms, whether they do it quietly behind the scenes like my sister Taura C Augustus Brown and our priest Thomas F Clark, on a daily basis without complaining like my husband Gerard DeRouen, our kids, Jalen Dee Hudson, Joseph Clark, kyra and Kayla DeRouen, or by constantly keeping me on my toes through whatever means necessary like my sisters, Kimla Hudson, Lakedria Hudson, Latasha Long, and Mary Ann Hudson or through constant encouragement from my uncle Freddie Lee, my aunt Billie Jean Williams and my brother by another mother Horace Clay. My life is full, my plate before me is full and with all of the above going on, theres no room left for BS, mess, or self pity. I want to say thank you to all of the above mentioned and to those that I may have forgotten, please chalk it up to my head and not my heart. I love you all. Damon R. Dortch, Kevin Butler, Tracy Henderson, Terrell Hudson Kshanski AnJané Cooper Hilson, Ieisha Thomas, Ericka Banks Kelly, Robyn D. Madison-Harris, Housegrabbers OfLa, Felton DeRouen Sr. Deborah Reaux Knighten. Love you guys. Now GN! typing fast through tears so ignore any misspellings, missing words, or incorrect grammar!
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 02:30:30 +0000
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