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My Reflection On My Precious Mother!
Beautiful People,
Let Us All Breathe Deeply and Exhale Slowly Ten Times.
In Gratitude and Love! Out Gratitude and Love….
Today, and Every Day—I Thank the Divine Spirit for the opportunity to learn, listen, grow and serve.
I dedicate every day to My Precious Mother who birthed me, guided me, nurtured and Loves me.
I invite you to join me in Celebrating My Queen Mother, Betty J. Tilman…
Dear MOM–I feel so privileged to have you as a Mother and to have journeyed with you in this lifetime. Looking back on this years on EarthHeart, my life has been one of learning, adventure and more Joy than I thought imaginable.
From the Dr. Seuss days of “Green Eggs and Ham” and the rhyming poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, —to my rebellious teenage years where I sought solace in everything “Black”…
From Ebony and Jet Magazine, Carter G. Woodson, Basil Davison, Franz Fanon, Franklin Frazier, Harriet Tubman, Mary Macleod Bethune, James Baldwin and J. A. Rodgers—to the poetry of Langston Hughes, Sojourner Truth, Sonia Sanchez and Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as the photography, writing and film making of Gordon Parks, the music of Mary Caldwell Dawson, Jessye Norman, Roberta Flack, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ashford and Simpson, Earth, Wind and Fire, and so many and much more— to my rocky mistakes and disillusionment of young adulthood…
You Exposed Me to the Very Best!
Sometimes I was fearful. You pushed and pushed and told me that I had a right to walk any path I choose in the World. So often I felt that I was not good enough and unworthy of these great gifts.
People whispered behind your back and made fun of me when I articulated with my extensive vocabulary. They said I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
Looking back, it was funny how some of the relatives and community associates or so called friends looked for ways to undermine your authority and tried to convince me to go right when I should have gone left.
At the time, what I thought I wanted was to be “normal”. I didn’t understand that being different and unique was a Great Gift.
Though I tried to run away from all you had taught me, it was so imprinted in my mind and my heart and my soul that the further I ran; the closer I came to understanding Your Brilliant Wisdom, Grace and Love…
In 1970 you sent me to Ghana in West Africa by way of Europe for a few months. Today travel is like eating chocolate. I Love it! Travel has helped me become a person who respects, and learns from people of all different cultures and religions. I honor All Faith traditions and continue to explore the Divine Essence of the Cosmic Heart of Love.
I look at myself now and know that I am a product of your marvelous efforts! Thank you for all you have done for me. Your Goodness Inspires Me.
Your Toughness has helped me learn how to survive in a World that would say “Who do you think You Are?”, instead of “How Can I Help??”.
Thank You for teaching me to say “YES I Can” from the time I was a child— long before the campaign days of President Barack Obama.
Thank You for the swimming classes at the YWCA, dance and drama at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, camp in Maine at Blueberry Cove, studying musical instruments like the violin and recorder. I never did master either but at least I Love Music!
Thank You introducing me to Khalil Gibran, Dorothy Height, Shirley Chisholm, Harry Belafonte, Katherine Dunham, Maya Angelou, Barbara Jordan, Jomo Kenyatta, W. E. B. DuBois, Kwame Nkrumah, members of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Paul Robeson, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr,, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Maida Springer-Kemp and so many heroines and heroes who have walked this Earth, unnamed here, but never forgotten.
Thank You for teaching me to walk with Integrity, to use my voice for positive change, and to Love and support others on their life journeys.
My Magnificent Queen Betty J. Tilman, I feel so privileged to have YOU as MY Mother and to have journeyed with you in this lifetime.
Thank You also for inspiring me to Complete the New 20th Anniversary Edition of my book, SUNSHINE & OLIVIER and to begin the Next Book in the Series “FINDING the TRUTH in the LIE: Journey to Egypt”.
Ascend Queen MOM Betty J Tilman, now you are a part of the Cosmic Heart of Love’s Eternity.
Daily I listen to your Angelic Whispers.
I Am Humbled with Love; Grateful and Happy to Be Your Daughter!
For the journey, I carry your wisdom and Love in my heart. And, most importantly….
I Love YOU Into All Eternity.
Melony Ann McGant 👑❤️🐢👑
