Is too much bread bad for you? Well, I have always wondered about that. One of my co-workers had cut down in the amount of bread she eats and she has lost a lot of weight. My husband has noticed that when he eats too much bread, his skin becomes discolored. He’s been trying to… Read More Too Much Bread?
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself – Daniel 1:8, NKJV. Daniel and his three friends chose to eat vegetables and… Read More Food Matters
I see the fear on her face as we walk towards each other. It’s broad daylight. I’m just walking down the sidewalk, minding my own business but she looks at me as if I was going to attack her at any minute. She walks faster and clutches her handbag tightly. Maybe she thinks I’m going… Read More My Reality
“What do you see in her, man?” Brad asked his friend, Sebastian “Granted, she had a great body but her face… Sebastian glanced at him. “What’s wrong with her face?” Brad stared at him. “Are you kidding me? I’m sorry, man, but she’s ugly.” Color suffused Sebastian’s cheeks and his eyes darkened in anger. “That’s… Read More Everything Has Beauty
Her heart was racing. She hoped she looked presentable in her V-neck floral knee length summer dress and the pair of wedges which she thought looked better than the pumps she had considered wearing. To complete the look, she wore the lovely olive leaf pendant which Paolo had given her for her birthday. “Mama, incontrare Roxane, il… Read More The Wedding
The moment he walked into the shop, she knew it was him. She had caught a whiff of his cologne which mingled with the fragrance of the flowers. She remembered the fragrance well and how it lingered long after he left the shop. And here he was again, making her intensely aware of him. She… Read More The First Lunch Date
As she read the two volume autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, she was reminded of how fortunate she was. She was a black, educated woman who was able to go to the university of her choice and become what she had always dreamed of. She and her parents left the West Indies for a better life in America. Her… Read More Shackles
Alice Ball was the pharmaceutical chemist who developed a medical treatment for Leprosy, giving hope to millions. Leprosy is a dreaded disease. It has been around since biblical times. It is disfiguring and it filled its sufferers with hopelessness. In the US people with Leprosy were forcibly removed from their homes and detained indefinitely in… Read More Alice Ball
Tens of thousands of people in the world suffer from leprosy, a bacterial infection which affects the skin and destroys nerves. Since the disease affects the nervous system, the affected areas become numb. People suffering from leprosy cannot feel pain and can easily hurt or injure themselves. These injuries can become infected and result in tissue… Read More World Leprosy Day
I found out last week that my mother who suffers from Parkinson’s has Shingles. From what I have seen of Shingles it looks very painful. I wanted to find out more about it so I decided to surf the Internet and get as much information as I could. What is Shingles? Shingles, also known as… Read More Women and Shingles
Notes to Women 