THE SAYING GOES, “APRIL SHOWERS BRINGS MAY FLOWERS!” I MUST CERTAINLY AGREE.
WE BLACK PROFESSIONALS MUST BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE OUR OUTCOMES ARE DIFFERENT. SO YES, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO SAY BLACK NURSE, BLACK TEACHER, BLACK MENTAL HEALTH WORKER, BLACK MOTHER’S BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCES, EXPOSURE, EDUCATION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND EMPOWERMENT ARE NOT THE SAME AS OTHERS, SO DO TRAVEL WITH ME MOMMA BOND………
WE ARE CELEBRATING IN MAY: MOTHER’S DAY, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, NURSES AND TEACHERS AND IF YOU DO NOT EMBODY EACH OF THOSE PROFESSIONS I DON’T KNOW WHO DO.
I FIND IT SOMETHING HOW WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TO GET A DEGREE IN THIS, CERTIFICATION IN THAT AND LICENSE IN THIS AND RECERTIFICATION IN THAT A LOT OF THOSE WHO MAKE UP THOSE PROFESSIONS AREN’T ABOUT POSITIVELY AFFECTING AND TRANSFORMING LIVES.
MENTAL HEALTH IS A PROFESSIONAL WHO ALTERS THE MIND FROM BEING DISTORTED AND DEMONIC TO POSITIVE, CLEAR AND PROGRESSIVE. THERE IS NOT A TIME THAT I SAT ON A CORNER WITH YOU AND YOU NOT SHIFTED MY STINKIN THINKIN OR PROVIDED ME DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT LIFE AND MY ROLES. YOU ARE GIFTED IN SPEAKING TRUTH OUT OF LOVE AND YEP, SOMETIMES YOU IRK BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAY AND WHEN YOU DON’T SAY WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
TEACHERS TAKE EMPTY PAILS AND FIRST, LISTEN TO WHAT’S INSIDE AND THEN WE HONE IN ON THEIR STRENGTHS, WHAT’S IMPORTANT AND WHAT THEY LIKE AND THEN WE START WITH LOVE, PROTECTION, SAFETY, TRUST AND LAUGHTER AND THEN WE TEACH THEM ON A HIGHER LEVEL AND WE ALSO BRING OUR HISTORY, EXPERIENCES, EXPOSURE AND EDUCATION AND WE MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE FACING, HEARD AND FELT IS NOTHING NEW AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND HAVE DONE AS A COLLLECTIVE AND MOVED AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO IT THE SAME AND DIFFERENTLY AT THE SAME TIME. WE BLACK TEACHERS MAKE ALL PROFESSIONS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION, WE MEAN IT AND WE DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ASSURE IT. THAT IS LIKE THE LESSONS OF LIFE YOU GIVE ME AND SO MANY OTHERS, YOU TEACH US ABOUT LIFE AND LIVING AND MAKE SURE THE TOOLS WE NEED ARE ALL THE RIGHT ONES TO DO THE WORK OF PROGRESS, TRANSFORMATION AND SHIFTING AND FOR YOU MY STELLAR TEACHER I SAY THANK YOU.
NURSES HEAL WOUNDS, TAKE TEMPS, TAKE VITALS AND BRING IN THE MEDICATION FOR HEALING. WE SPECIALIZE IN LIGHT, EMPOWERMENT, ENLIGHTENMENT, FAITH, BELIEF, LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND NOT DARKNESS, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. WOUNDS COME IN MANY FORMS (EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL, ECONOMICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL) AND NO MATTER HOW ONE COMES TO YOU NEEDING HEALING, YOU FAIL US NOT. SO YOU BLACK NURSE, KEEP ON KEEPING ON WITH YOUR HEALING POTIONS OF NOTHING BUT LOVE.
NOW, HERE IS THE BEST ONE, MOTHER’S DAY WAS SET ASIDE NOT TO HONOR THOSE WHO ARE MOTHERS OF WHICH WHO HAVE COME TO BE DEFINED IN MANY WAYS SOME CRAZY AND OTHERS CRAZY BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IN CHURCH WE HAVE SISTER SO IN SO AND THEN WE HAVE MOTHER SO AND SO AND THEN WE HAVE MOMMA AND THEY ALL MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MOMMA MEAN YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE AND NOT LOSE YOU. MOMMA MEAN, WHEN YOU HEAR FLAWS, SEE FLAWS, AND UNDERSTAND FLAWS YOU DON’T JUDGE BUT YOU DO RENDER YOUR TRUTH AND EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE OR THINK AND THEN LEAVE IT UP TO US TO EITHER TAKE AND GROW OR REMAIN STIFELED AND UNHEALED BUT THE CHOICE IS INDEED OURS. MOMMA IS UNCONDITIONAL, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE STROLLING YOUR CORNER AND GET PERSPECTIVE ON THIS MOTHER ROLE AND UNCONDITIONALITY. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HAVING YOUR DOORS WIDE OPEN AND SAY GIRL YOU SO CRAZY HAVE A SEAT. WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THIS MARY SIPPIN WITH YOU MY ELIZABETH HAS BEEN SOME OF THE MOST HEALING TEA EVER.
I LOVE THAT YOUYOU WEREN’T SELFISH BUT YOU INSTILLED THESE SAME TRAITS, SKILLS AND GIFTS INTO YOUR GIRLS AND HOW BLESSED WE ARE THAT YOU HAD SO MANY BECAUSE LIKE THE SAYING GOES:
YOU HAVE BEEN AND STILL IS AND FOREVER WILL BE MY:
Proverbs 31 woman
Elizabeth mentor
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