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See What The Lord Has Done

I still remember my first day of school very well. I was so CONFUSED as to what was going on. My mornings at home were suddenly replaced with waking up early and a new school bag. My parents were very excited that day. After I had gotten dressed, they had me stand on the front porch for pictures. My dad shined his burgundy colored camera at me while my mom kept telling me to stand by the flowerpot to pose. I think I started to cry because I did not know what was going on. I later realized they were about to send me to complete strangers for the entire day. But it was the day, the real journey began.

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Run the Race

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When I was in high school, I was part of the track team… alright let me rephrase, I was a decoration on the track team lol. The team had really tall and fast guys and girls who seemed like they never got tired after running fast and far… and then there were some of us who were catching their breath after running half a lap on the track. i.e. moi.

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When You Don’t See Top

Translation from Pidgin English: when you don’t understand what is going on/ you just aren’t getting it/ things are difficult/ things are not making sense.

Pun intended (You’ll see why by the end of this post)

In 2015, I climbed up a volcano. Yes, a whole volcano in Guatemala. On that day, I woke up very excited that I was about to do something extraordinary. I knew it would not be easy but in my mind that morning, I had already envisioned myself at the top so I knew that today was the day I was going to be on top of a volcano. Point blank.

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Christianity, Medicine & Mental Health

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Heyyy! How are you? I truly hope you are doing well. As for me, I’m good, I can’t complain. Today’s post is a bit different from my previous posts. It is a conversation (interview style) I had with a fellow sister in Christ, doctor and new friend, Atasha Jordan, MD, MBA. Through our conversation, Dr. Jordan shared on the intersectionality between Christianity and mental health as well as her role as a Christian in medicine. Listen, this year has been tough and wellness in our mental health is even more important now. I learned a lot from this discussion and I hope you receive from this too. So without further ado, let’s get right into it.

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Black Lives Matter: an open letter to my non-Black & Black Christian Friends

There’s no doubt that racism is an issue in the world. I have experienced racism and a lot of my Black friends have experienced racism. It has been happening for a long time and we have been grieving for years. Some of us have been sleeping but the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and countless others ought to wake all of us up. Each and every one of us has a role to play.

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Rest

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September 4, 2019

I am tired. I have been up since about 5:30am, studying, going up and down, taking care of business, going to class, coming home, studying some more. It is now 11:28pm and I don’t even know what I have accomplished today. I’m still about 10 lectures behind. I have to do all these things before the weekend. Multiple assessments are coming up. I. AM. TIRED. I feel overwhelmed.  I am streeessseeeddd!

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