Grief

These are my sisters. I am only related to the one on the left, Becky. She is my closest relative and I love her with all my heart. The other two are my sister’s lifelong friends Stacey in the middle and Lavada on the right. At some point, the combination of time, familiarity and friendship […]

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With all of the recently televised police murders of black people, I have been doing a lot of soul searching. I pay a lot of lip service to not being a racist. But I don’t exactly have a pristine track record. When I was a kid, I did a lot of stupid things. Many, I […]

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Broke the “pound barrier.” I am back in the twos. Enough said.

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Surgery + 7 days It’s never fun having a medical procedure, little lone having 80% of your stomach removed. But I have to say this was not the painful thing I’ve had to endure. I had to be at the hospital by 5:30am. By 7:30, I was blacked out. My brain did not exactly come […]

Moriah

This is my bodyNeglected and tired Hung on a frameTattered expired This is my champion My doctor remold I sacrifice at the altar For sins not controlled A miracle cureTo make me brand new This is a knifeMy freedom pursued I’ll fool you allAnd I’ll become slim Fat on the insideBut outwardly trim

The Creep

I have been in a semi-fasting state for a week and a half. It started as a liquid protein diet, but it is just easier to eat nothing. I dropped 15 pounds in one week, but I have plateaued since. My ketones remain low, so I know my liver should be in good shape for […]

New Journey

I am at the beginning of a new journey. It is unlike anything I have done for years and it is purely for my own wellbeing. I am having fat surgery or to be more precise, I am getting a gastric sleeve. In a nutshell, they will be removing roughly 80% of my stomach to […]

Regrets

When bad things happen to us or people close to us, the natural question is to ask God, “Why?” Other times the answer is quite clear, we are victims of our own fallen nature. In the fall of my sophomore year, I made a great friend. We attended a small Bible college on the west […]

Into the Grey

Grasping a withered leg through the hole of the baby fish bowl, cathedrals made of sand are swept into the ocean by waves of tears. Tried and true formulas of faith are the babblings of a madman. God is revealed in new ways as it slowly dawns that we are strangers. Glaciers of black and […]

Personal Mission Statement

Be aware. Be awake. Be open. Be aware of god in the world. Take regular opportunities throughout the day to be still and admire god’s handiwork. Find god in every situation that presents itself. Be awake. Don’t allow distractions rob you of the moment. Be sensitive to your surroundings. Limit the role of media in […]