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I have been in love at every age since I could remember which probably started around eight years old. Among the men that I wanted to be suitors were Batman, the Green Hornet, and Shaft; but romance has nothing to do with understanding true love. Don’t take my stance as: “I have never had the love of a good man”—I am happily married to the love of my life and he is a great man. However, my best lessons about how to love never came from a man. When I think about lessons of the heart and understanding love there are three women who are never far from my spirit or heart: my grandmother, Adeline P. Gregg, my mother, Theresa G. Johnson and my daughter, Chinwe E. Okona. They have taught me love affects everything. These three prodigious women are the queens and ace of my heart. In private I call them Mary, Martha and Mary Magdalene--Mary (my grandmother) sat at the feet of all things divine, Martha (my mother) ran the household; she reminded me to daily take care of the practical even when tragedy is knocking at your door, and Mary Magdalene (my daughter) teaches me to stay close to what really matters because being relevent is more than the words you say; transforming lives happens one person at a time and you have to make time and patiently wait for things to happen. With all of these women I have found a spiritual home--warmth, hope, support, laughter, joy and peace; there have been sadness shared and disappointments understood--they have given me the freedom to grieve and the encouragement to dream. I have found a home in these three but I have found a home in many of you reading this blog. My grandmother, mother, daughter, and many of you remind me daily...being a woman is a fabulous thing. This is Tuesday talk.
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Blogger Bio:Theda Okona is a former storyteller and co-host for an internet radio broadcast. She lives to be inspired. Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College, Writer, Speaker, Vocalist and Author of Clouds of Grace--she has a Master of Arts in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English. Archives
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