Saturday, December 3, 2011

Listen to the eyes

It is 3am and again I am awake wishing I was asleep. Life can be heard in a persons eyes. Over the last couple of weeks my job has been a roller coaster ride. Staff and patients appear stressed beyond consolation. I am not sure if this level of anxiety is due to the holiday season or the bad economy or who knows. But I do know that at my job we have suffered great loss. One of our employees was murdered by another employee. In addition to this horrific loss many co-workers have loss their loved ones. You can see the pain and heart break in the eyes of our employees.
What part of a persons soul is so lost that they would run someone over with their car? Every day we care for the sick we care for our soliders who gave their lives so we can have freedom. Why is there so much rage and hate when we have so much to be grateful for?

In contrast another co worker on the same day had her life shattered by fire and the loss of her husband. Her life will forever be changed . This weekend we will have another funeral to attend. We have to support each other.

Other co workers this month have lost their husbands ,their fathers, their children and other family as well.
I felt today that we needed and entire hospital prayer service.
These losses hurt and drain the spirit. They bring back painful memories of each of our personal losses.

Loss to violence effects our ability to feel safe. We step out on faith daily .
Every day wake up put the coffee on get dressed and head out to work , that routine is repeated over and over each day each week. Do we wonder if we will come back home?

When I stopped working in the ER and working night shifts my kids (now adults)told me that they could finally sleep. I asked them why and I found out that they would take turns staying up because they were afraid I would get hurt at work or have an accident and not come home. I cried because I had no idea that they had been so afraid for me.

Many hours of our lives are spent at work and our stress and sadness can have profound effects on one another.

I have great respect and admoration for my co workers and watching the sadness in their eyes hurts .

I am sure that in each persons own way they will heal but until such time I will continue to look into their eyes and offer them kind and encouraging words, hugs, prayers and hopefully random acts of kindness will restore some of our belief in humanity.

I wrote an email to my pastor I need words of encouragement and prayer. Sometimes around every corner lurks something or someone to test faith and strength.

Listen to peoples eyes. The eyes tell stories of pain, sadness , despair, love, hope and joy.
Tears cleanse our soul and help drain the sorrow from our hearts.
Cry , Pray , Scream whatever it takes to know that God did not bring us to the edge of a cliff and let us drop off.
My co workers are hurting and I am praying.

Monday, November 28, 2011

PRIME TIME

I was so estatic to see that SICKLE CELL ANEMIA was chosen by the group URBAN METHOD on THE SING OFF. That was HUGE!!!!! it aired on prime time TV!!!!
THANK YOU URBAN METHOD AND THE SING OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The more people see and hear the more they will listen!!!!!!!!!!!


LUV MOM

Friday, October 28, 2011

Sick Cells update: Marqus chats with 20K films intern


Marqus and 20K Films' Illustration Intern, Victoria, talk about Marqus' life and how to turn it into a comic book at the 20K Films' office today.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Messages from Marqus:

Hey um im feel better guys and back to my old self feels good to be back. Marqus

Friday, September 9, 2011

Messages from Marqus:

Hey y'all SickCells is back in full swing and by summer 2012 it will be done. Sicklers and there familys get ready to change the world! All who are affected by sickle cell are never far from my thoughts and prayers. Till next time Marqus Valentine

Friday, September 2, 2011

Messages from Marqus:

Hello everyone its time for the 2011-2012 school I know for some your thinking MAN SUMMER WAS TO SHORT. That is so true summer was short but I had to sit out of school. So now im ready to get back into the swing of things. So happy school years. Marqus

Friday, August 5, 2011

Special thanks:

A I have to send a very very warm thanks to I.D.E.A.L magazine and a very great thanks to Morgan who conducted the interview for the film. We will find a cure and I hope to also rewrite the medical textbooks when it comes to illness. Like the Berlin wall. Every hospital stay, day full of pain and sadness brought me here today. To all who suffer stay strong hang in there and we are gunna make it.

Thursday, April 14, 2011