Tag: Grateful

I See God, Literally Now, and Figuratively, and He’s Still on Time

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The good news about the current status of my eyes has floored me.

Morning shenanigans at the Optometrist’s office. Photo Collage Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

To hear the words, “You have 20/20 vision,” and try to contain my emotion — keep my cool was a poor happenstance on my part. The emotion flowed out of me, and I am still overcome with it. I have keratoconus (as well as astigmatism in both eyes, and I am near-sighted), and I have been toggling between an Ophthalmologist/Corneal Specialist and an Optometrist (who specializes in corneal diseases) for four years. I have been wearing scleral contacts for three years… this, my third year, granted me 20/20 vision, something I had no immediate recognition of since I was about 12 years old.

It’s a blessing. It’s a wonder. It’s a miracle. I do not take it for granted, and I am thankful for everyone who has handled my vision care for the last four years. At this time, I do not have to have a procedure called Corneal Collagen Cross-linking to further assist with keratoconus, the contacts are doing — have been doing their job.

If I could properly describe what I am feeling right now, I would. But there are no words for it. NONE. I see God everywhere —literally now and figuratively, and He’s still on time.

To those of you who have been following my story about living with keratoconus since February of 2021, thank you for still being here. It’s been a long and tortuous journey, and I have had to make so many life changes to better enhance my vision, and I am so happy I did. I do not take any of it for granted, not one thing.

God is in the blessing business. I know because “he keeps on blessing me.” And just because this is one of my favorite gospel songs, I am sharing this version with you. Happy Thursday!

Jesus Can Work It Out

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I Bet, You’ll Laugh!

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For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope today will be kind, peaceful, full of love & happiness, and a hearty meal or two or three.

I’m so thankful and grateful for this life to live, and I hope and pray that I’ll be given more of it to share love and spread joy to others.

Now … a little laughter-inducing Instagram reel for your holiday enjoyment!

In Real Time

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5 Words: Tell me what you’re grateful for

A few snapshots from the Erykah Badu & Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) “Unfollow Me” Tour

Live show
blessed my
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A few more snapshots from the Erykah Badu & Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) “Unfollow Me” Tour

Thank you to everyone who participated in the “Grateful in 5 Words” Challenge. This has been a blast! We have 11 pieces published (not including mine), and they will be featured on the homepage until Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Stay tuned for the next challenge in September!

Originally published in A Cornered Gurl via Medium.

Writers: A Challenge

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I’m posting this here as well, as I typically do with ACG challenges.

5 Words: Tell me what you’re grateful for

Photo by Sir Manuel on Unsplash

Hello, beautiful people! Welcome to the fourth challenge since A Cornered Gurl’s relaunch. What do I have in store for you for this challenge? Ah, a sharing of just how grateful we are, even in the midst of this turmoil and grief and age of endless bad news . . . there are still things for which to be grateful.

And how will we do this? Oh, you beautiful human beings, you . . . we will express ourselves by using 5 words only.

Grateful: the definition

adjective
1. warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful:
2. expressing or actuated by gratitude:
3. pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable; welcome:

— Dictionary.com

The challenge: Writers will share something (or some things) for which they are grateful. It can be anyone and anything, just describe it poetically — in verse by using 5 words only. Are you up for this challenge?

Note: This is a challenge — a challenge in brevity. Please do not submit a series of 5-word grateful responses to me in one post. Think outside the box, people. Use 5 words only in one set.

An example:

Nature’s kiss gives
me hope.

Let’s do what we know how to do best, beautiful people!

•Request to be added as a writer by emailing me at acorneredgurl[AT]gmail[DOT]com with “Please Add Me” as the subject line and please include the link to your Medium profile.

Don’t want to be a writer in A Cornered Gurl — simply comment with your response in this challenge post, or create your own post to your profile or in another publication, however, please use the tags, “Challenge” and “Grateful.”

The challenge will run from Friday, July 07, 2023, until 6:00 PM Monday, July 17, 2023 (with publishing days as Friday, Sunday, and Monday based on ACG’s publishing schedule). Please have “5 Words: Tell me what you’re grateful for” as the subtitle for your submission. CHALLENGE SUBMISSION BEGINS NOW!

It’s time to use our creative minds and share something or some things for which we are grateful; remember, use only 5 words!

Bring it, beautiful people!

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Originally published as a newsletter in A Cornered Gurl via Medium.