God is everywhere with us. He sends us good people to be with and pretty places in which to spend time.

Let’s let our angels protect us.

On the morning of my 61st birthday, I looked into my mirrored reflection and wished myself a birthday greeting. I thought, “Wow, 61. How did that happen?” And “the whisper” from God answered.

Instead of batting away attention, laying low and not wanting to make a big deal of it, celebrate your birthday. You’re worthy!

What selfless gestures could we practice unseen on friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, yes even strangers?

God finds us as he needs us … or rather, as we need him. Let’s continue to browse the appropriate channels of life, tune him in, turn up the volume, and sit back and listen.

As we are bombarded with the unwelcome news, let’s not inhale and hold in its negativity.

Think about the ways you are like your father, whether he is here or in heaven. Consider the good parts you’ve inherited, the ones ingrained in your genes.

My husband says I will never understand what it is like to be the only black person in a room, that I will never understand what it is like when strangers look at him a certain way – he’s absolutely right.

Forget the hair, go back to your family roots.