Rae Lewis-Thornton. The Diva who is still with us, and still living with AIDS. (633 hits)
Another World AIDS Day is upon us, without a cure, and without a decrease in the staggering number of people in the Black community who have to deal with HIV, Rae continues to deliver her honest message of strength and knowledge.
I’m never really sure how much I can take. Lately, each time I say I can’t take not another thing, another thing happens. And then I discover that I’m resilient beyond my own understanding. That’s how I know that the resilience I have is sealed in a covenant with God.
I might not understand how I do it, but I understand why. As Grandmamma would say, “Ain't nobody but God.” If I had to do this thang myself, this Tuesday they would have had to lock me up on the sixth floor ward of somebody's hospital, and that’s for real.
