Mr. Dee normally wears baseball caps so I was pretty excited when he came in with a fedora. I like when young men try new styles rather than the same thing all the time. I think young women are more daring – as in trying new styles – than the guys.
Just in case there are guys reading this blog and want to try something other than the ordinary baseball cap, he picked his up at Forever 21.
I remember as a little girl my mom would take my siblings and I to visit the sick and the elderly. We did not always want to go and most of the time were forced to give up our Saturdays to sing at someone’s sick-bed.
I remember one time we went to someone’s home who was so helpless. The person could not help themselves at all. You know how people thank God for the use of their limbs? Well, even though she had limbs, they were not in use. Also, there was a certain stench- I can still almost smell it- just by remembering this situation. But my mom did not once turn up her nose or leave any faster than she would have left a relative home. She stayed and spent time chatting and laughing.
I did not know then, but now I know that my mom was teaching us how to give and how to give freely. She taught us how to give expecting nothing in return. A lesson that not many people have. I have friends who don’t see the importance in volunteering or simply sharing.
Now as an assistant directress of the Holy Temple Church Radio Young Adult Choir and a member of the Holy Temple Church Radio Junior Choir I make an effort to visit the Saint Barnabas Nursing Home every time either choir attend (this is a picture of us on a Sunday). Going to visit the sick and lonely always makes my day go better. It’s something about doing good that makes you feel good.
I encourage you to find an outlet where you can do good and expect nothing in return.
In August I took some of the children from my church to the Riverside Park to participate in the Rock the Boat activities. Most of them were saints from out-of-town and did not even know that rivers were in the Bronx. They were excited when I told them that we all were going to go boat rowing.
This young man was one of the workers who helped us. J’adore his hat! I think I blogged about him before but this time I got to talk to him and ask him where he got his hat from. He told me he ‘borrowed’ it from a friend.
Isn’t it awesome? It fits the boat rowing thingy.
Finally, a tee shirt that’s worth reading! Words that will make you THINK!
I think your clothes tell people who you are. It’s one of the many ways how you express yourself. This summer I have read some really depressing tee shirts. I don’t understand why a lady would walk down the street with a degrading tee shirt (I saw one that called the person wearing it a ‘female dog’).
I think Jeff pulls this tee off well and what I liked the best is that he didn’t mind wearing a historical women figure on his shirt.
He brought it in Harlem at 125th and Madison. You can visit the store, Harlem Underground at www.harlemunderground.com.
You must be logged in to post a comment.