Life is not just about oneself, and I do carry a burden for our soldiers abroad. I don't think we pay enough homage to our soldiers who are willing to make the supreme sacrifice for our country; lay down their lives so that we can hold onto the few freedoms that we still have in this country.
And as such I stop now and take a bow to let our soldiers know that I pray for them nightly for their safe return home to their families and friends. And if we stay the course as we are now, more of them will be home very soon!!!
Allen Passes NATO Security Assistance Command to Dunford Headquarters Marine Corps News Article Display
Monday, February 11, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
There is More Room Out Than In, Especially When The Half Has Not Been Told
Hello Everyone!
Praying All is Well With You! For sure everyone knows by now that I lost a really great man in my life when my beloved Richard Reddix Sr. passed suddenly from this life. By now, you all know that I wrote this book Stand In Your Anointment - This Too Shall Pass! Thank you to all of you who have purchased it, and if you haven't you can at: amazon.com/author/louisempc . And please, watch the trailer for the book, it is beautifully done, and I know you will enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfOUVQFaxU0 .
I wrote the book to help me through the grief and pain of loosing this beautiful man! And not only that, As this is not just another love story book! But one packed full of information to help others to understand themselves too as they go through Grief and Loss. There is so much associated with it. This book talks about Grief and Loss from so many perspectives. Growth and Development, as we all accept things differently at different times in our lives. And yes for sure about the Grief Process itself, as it is a process and has 5 steps to it and that you could be anywhere in them at any point along the process, taboos associated with widow hood and so much more.
I wrote the book to help me through the grief and pain of loosing this beautiful man! And not only that, As this is not just another love story book! But one packed full of information to help others to understand themselves too as they go through Grief and Loss. There is so much associated with it. This book talks about Grief and Loss from so many perspectives. Growth and Development, as we all accept things differently at different times in our lives. And yes for sure about the Grief Process itself, as it is a process and has 5 steps to it and that you could be anywhere in them at any point along the process, taboos associated with widow hood and so much more.
But still I say that the Half Has not Been Told in the Book! I am still going through the settling of my late husbands estate. Will and all! What should have been a simple thing is still an ongoing nightmare; one that includes the court system. I have to say I am disappointed in so many things there. You expect for some safeguards to be in place, especially where property is concerned. Be warned and make sure all I's are dotted and T's are crossed in all of your affairs. What should be simple is not when lawyers, and their interpretations of facts are involved! And God help and protect 2nd wives everywhere! You automatically become an enemy even when your heart is for everyone! Believe me on this one, the half has not been told! And did I say, that Stand In Your Anointment - This Too Shall Pass also talks about how relationships are affected to!!!
Anyone else going through and care to share? It helps to write this stuff down and to discuss it with others. The adage "There is More Room Out Than In" is so true especially in situations that are really complicated! New things, Old things, and where do you put this and how do you sort this, you just can't hold all of this stuff in!
Please share your thoughts and comments!
Louise
Louise Malbon Reddix is the Author of: Stand In
Your Anointment - This Too Shall Pass!
You can find more by me
at:
amazon.com/author/louisempc
http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com
http://www.scoop.it/authoring
http://pinterest.com/lmreddix/
Twitter - @LouiseReddix
Monday, January 21, 2013
They Didn't Pick Me, But Did Find A Closer Match!!!
Just before the Holidays, I put up a post about being selected as a Match for a young woman who has Leukemia! Like everyone else, I ignored the messages on my phone. Who are you and why are you calling me was my response, as you know, they don't leave much information on those messages But when the FedEx letter came to the door, with much more information about why they had been calling me and with a request to come in for further testing, I did!
I had my interview and they told me that the Physicians would make a decision soon. Well I received my information on how to be prepared for it and all I would have to do. A little concern about my weight and getting to the bone for the bone marrow. And of course, I had to say as I have always said; you can get to my hip bone, no problem, I carry the other weight behind me! My iliac crests are very accessible. Those of you who know me, know what I am saying!!!
After not hearing from them by/after the week of Christmas, I did send an email inquiry to ascertain the progress or status of the procedures. Well no decision was yet made. Trust me, I have been praying for her!!! She doesn't know it though, but she has an extra Prayer Warrior Still!
Well, I have received a response now, and I am not sure what I am feeling at the moment, because in my heart of hearts, I wanted so much to help this young women. I was on the ready to do what this soul needed in order to progress through her life for as long as she can, whole, happy and healthy. I am indeed healthy, Thank You Lord for that! I do need to work on loosing some of this weight, but God has truly blessed me in my life with good health. No Diabetes, Hight Blood Pressure, Heart Problems, NADA!!!! Thank You again God!
Here is the body of the email I received, shared hoping to inspire someone to be a blessing to somebody, somewhere! A link is included in the body of the email response.
Dear Louise,
Thank you for participating late last year in testing by Be
The Match Registry® on behalf of a patient needing a marrow cell transplant.
Test results show that you and the patient are a suitable match. However,
physicians believe that another donor is a closer match for their patient, and
you have been released from this patient’s search. If the other donor is unable
to donate, you may be contacted again for this patient.
Your likelihood of being selected for another patient has
increased now that you have completed further testing. Please reply to this
email or visit www.BeTheMatch.org if
you have any questions, if your address or telephone number changes, or if you
wish to be removed from the donor registry.
Thank you so much for your willingness to help save lives.
Your compassion and selflessness give hope to patients and their families
everywhere.
So please, if you can, go and be a blessing to somebody. They treat you real nice! You have designated parking places in the garage! Check it out!!!
Louise Malbon Reddix is the Author of:
Stand In
Your Anointment - This Too Shall Pass!
See
the Trailer & where to buy the book
You can find more by me
at:
amazon.com/author/louisempc
http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com
http://www.scoop.it/authoring
http://pinterest.com/lmreddix/
Twitter - @LouiseReddix
Friday, January 11, 2013
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing
on Stand In Your Anointment-This Too Shall Pass!!!
The Next Big Thing is a series of blog posts where authors talk
about their work using the same ten questions. At the end of the blog we tag
other authors who will do the same thing a week later. So not only do you get
to find out more about my book but you also will discover some other
interesting writers.
The wonderful Rosemary Adkins tagged me. Rosemarie's book, Mamie
is expected to be completed and released by Summer 2013. She also has a book
out called Extraordinary Dreams Ireland which is available at http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Dreams-Ireland-Traveler-ebook/dp/B0080JHKY2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336367828&sr=1-1 Congratulations Rosemary!
“Rosemary Adkins has
a heart of gold and is a very talented writer! Really talented as she tells of
her own troubled childhood of abuse and having to learn at a very young age,
all of 4 years old of how to stand on her own! All because she wants to share
and help others who have ever found themselves in such a predictamint in life!."
Thank you, Rosemary, for giving me the opportunity to introduce
my latest book; Stand In Your Anointment-This
Too Shall Pass! It is currently
available on Amazon.com. I like Rosemary have the desire to help others to get
through on this journey called life. Have
found that on this journey, life throws stones sometimes. Heavy ones at that. Recovery oftentimes seems impossible. But
this book gave me an opportunity to let others know about the things that
happen when you loose the love of your life.
Oh, yes, it is a beautiful little lovestory, but not just a love
story. It is packed full of information
on the grief process, relationships, growth and development and how they are
all intertwined. It has the good bad and
ugly right there for you to see. Only you will get to see it from a little
distance and hopefully learn some things that will help you go through your
journey of life on your own terms, and understand it all, just a little better
1. What is the working title of your
next book?
My new book Is This Roots is expected to be completed and released by December
2013.
2. Where did the idea come from for
the book?
Yes, you guessed it!
The idea for this book came out of walking along side of my late husband as he
travelled through his illness. And also from countless others who have no idea
of the deadly effects of fear on the body and the mind! The sad thing here is
that people have suffered in their lives for far to long and cannot even enjoy
their God given right to happiness in their lives. Because we can’t see it or touch it or hear
it, fear that is, we often suffer and will not go and get the care we need! We
are literally scared to death, and have
yielded and have accepted the status quo’s of old! I want people to know that this is the time to heal the right way!!!
3. What genre does your book fall
under?
Creative NonFiction.
4. What actors would you choose to
play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?
Morgan Freeman has played many roles. From Driving Miss Daisy to
Lean on Me! But in my eyes, this would be his best! Everyone would fall in love
with him again, as he portrays the essence of my late husband who was such a beautiful,
gentle and kind soul! And for me,
Loretta Divine! With her soulful self and the roles she played from Waiting to
Exhale to Madea’s Family! She would do just fine for me as she has a lot of
fight in her, but she does it so gracefully! The little Rascals would do fine
to play some of the other characters as they are not always at their finest and
are always up to something!!And yes the
actor Hugh Laurie who plays House as any doctor anywhere!
5. What is the one-sentence synopsis
of your book?
6. Will your book be self-published
or represented by an agency?
I am hoping to publish with the same publisher for Stand In Your
Anointment – This Too Shall Pass; Xulon Press.
7. How long did it take you to write
the first draft of the manuscript?
Approximately 4 – 5 months.
8. What other books would you compare
this story to within your genre?
The Green Pharmacy by
Dr. James Duke and His Healing Power by Dr. Lillian Yeoman
9. Who or what inspired you to write
this book?
Being in Nursing for over 25 years and a mother, wife, widow,
friend, sister and a minister, I have seen a lot of suffering and the time has
come to tell that it is time to heal now, the right way!
10. What else about the book might
pique the reader’s interest?
Is This Roots will give you information on how the body works
under stress and of many options to help one heal from it. It reveals ways
of how to get you out from under the grip of
fear’s hold on your life. It will move you to a position of power providing you with knowledge of what is actually going on in the
body. It will reinforce for some and introduce to others the awesome power
of God and his provisions for us! Help us along the
way that we may not be aware of that is available. It will take you all the way back to the ways of old and bring you
back to the current date and times and of the new ways that technology now has
begun to help us heal. And
Is This Roots? will not be available until December 2013 but you reserve your signed copy of the first shipment of books through my website: http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com!
Meanwile you can obtain copies of Stand In Your Anointment- This
Too Shall Pass on Amazon.com:
If you want to discover some other
great writers, check these out:
Yves Johnson:
http://elderyvesjohnson.wordpress.com/
Josiah Payne:
Arteria Stevens
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Civil Rights Activist Lord Nickens of Frederick, Maryland Dies
(Picture from Frederick News -Post 1-6-13)
A Belated Tribute to a Great Man!
I had the occasion to meet this great man at least on one occasion before he died. I heard a story or two from him personally. Was amazed to here of the brushes he had with the Ku Klux Klan! I was born in North Carolina, but reared in New York State. For sure we heard about such things occurring here and there, but especially so further south.
We had our issues with racism, in New York State, but it was nothing compared to what my late husband Richard Reddix Sr. revealed to me about Montgomery County Maryland's racism and the things he lived through. He died in December 2009 just before reaching his 70th birthday; but not before gracing my life with his sweetness. And I pray that I was able to add some sweetness to his. But now I hear again of how another man in Maryland had to live through some horrendous circumstances in his life too!
And much more so for Mr. Nickens, because he took on the fight for everybody! I am sure by now you have read or can guess from what I have said about my late husband that he had a great big heart! And he to me was such a protector. Now I have to say that about Lord Dunmore Nickens who was born in 1913 and was 99 years old at his death on January 4, 2013. This man's heart was big enough for all of Frederick, Maryland to fit in!!!!! I can say I did meet him, but I like you learned of what a great legacy this man leaves behind after his death.
The Frederick Post outlines this great man's life, and of how at a young age he had a disgust for racism and ill treatment of others after being kicked out of a White's-Only restroom on a train. Was present at Martin Luther King's, "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, DC. Organized a boycott against Gov. Wallace of Alabama because he sent the police after the Civil Rights marchers. And was a freedom fighter for Frederick from the organizing of the Community Action Agency to being the President of the NAACP Chapter in Frederick for 22 years! Continued his work even through the death threats that were placed upon his life for it. His work earned him much love and affection in Frederick and the title of the "Martin Luther King of Frederick County!"
A reminder of this great man's contributions of a lifetime is the street named after him, Lord Nickens St. in Frederick. But I am sure there is no way to measure the impact that this life had on all of the ones touched by his - friend or foe! He will live on in many hearts and his legacy will be known for generations to come.
There is no curtain call when someone dies, and as such, I pray for peace and comfort for his family and the community through his legacy and the many contributions to so many for so long.
To God Be the Glory for the great things that this man has accomplished in his life. For sure we can say - he let his light shine!
Lord Dunmore Nickens - August 6, 1913 to January 4, 2013
Louise Malbon-Reddix
Author of: Stand In
Your Anointment - This Too Shall Pass!
You can find more by me
at:
amazon.com/author/louisempc
http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com
http://www.scoop.it/authoring
http://pinterest.com/lmreddix/
Twitter - @LouiseReddix
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Get Tested for Cervical Cancer - healthfinder.gov
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month!
Happy New Year! I am grateful for this opportunity to come before you to talk on the subject of prevention. And, may I please implore you to go for your screenings if you have not already done so. Yes this too is about Healing the Heart! Keeping us all healthy is Healing the Heart. And if I may be so bold as to say, "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth More Than a Pound of Cure!"
I would much rather you be mad at me for a little jesting than to be saying something like; I wish you would have told me. Each one tell one please!!!! Here's to your Health and Prosperity in this New Year!!!
Louise Malbon-Reddix
healthfinder.gov - Get Tested for Cervical Cancer
Happy New Year! I am grateful for this opportunity to come before you to talk on the subject of prevention. And, may I please implore you to go for your screenings if you have not already done so. Yes this too is about Healing the Heart! Keeping us all healthy is Healing the Heart. And if I may be so bold as to say, "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth More Than a Pound of Cure!"
I would much rather you be mad at me for a little jesting than to be saying something like; I wish you would have told me. Each one tell one please!!!! Here's to your Health and Prosperity in this New Year!!!
Louise Malbon-Reddix
healthfinder.gov - Get Tested for Cervical Cancer
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
All of Our Hearts Are Hurting !!
I don't know about you, but my heart literally hurts when I stop to think about what these families are going through! Dealing with the loss of my husband near about took me out too!
I so hope to be able to provide what may be helpful to you as we all go through this time.
My new post may help us in Dealing with Loss and Coping with Anxiety these days, here's a link:
http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com/coping-with-stress/
Louise Malbon-Reddix
I so hope to be able to provide what may be helpful to you as we all go through this time.
My new post may help us in Dealing with Loss and Coping with Anxiety these days, here's a link:
http://www.victoryroadwellnesscenter.com/coping-with-stress/
Louise Malbon-Reddix
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