I’ve been on emotional overload these last few months. AIDS had me by the balls, so to speak: multiple infections, 11 different medications at 39 pills a day and a 5 hour IV drip once a week. And to make matters worse, the doctors seem to not have answers to all of my problems. I took hit after hit and I needed a break like yesterday. I was trying hard to be strong but honestly, I was at an all time emotional low. I kept looking up to God, but it seemed like He was silent. I know that God’s time is not always our time, but when you are in the midst of misery, you want God to hurry up.
But He didn’t hurry up and when He showed up, it was in the most unexpected way. My best friend
Luke had originally planned to come to Chicago for the AIDS Walk, but work changed those plans and I was so disappointed. But he promised to make it up and that he did. He came to Chicago to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with me. And boy it was just what I needed. We went grocery shopping. I cooked and he watched and ate. I will admit, he did help me clean, but I promise you he has no idea how to cut celery. LOL!
We spent lazy mornings sipping tea, eating cinnamon crisps and watching TV. He introduced me to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and I introduced him to Law and Order SVU. And when we weren't watching one of those shows, we argued about what we should be watching.
Saturday morning we went to get a Christmas tree. That was fun, rolling a 7 ft tree down my Gold Coast street in a shopping cart. We both
tweeted our drama play by play, our followers laughed at us and we laughed at them laughing. It was #Funtimes! I think the serotonin in my brain increased triple fold.
Saturday evening Luke interviewed me for a story for
BET. I love it! We are so close, but when it comes to work, he becomes Luke, the producer/news manager, and I become Rae Lewis-Thornton, the AIDS activist. I can’t wait to see how he shaped my life in these
news briefs for World AIDS Day this Wednesday.
And to make the weekend complete, on Saturday evening I had a tree trimming gathering so Luke could meet some of my Blogger/
Twitter friends and those who support me in my daily struggle with AIDS. I was grateful that they all agreed to allow Luke to shoot footage of the gathering and some even interviewed about the impact of my use of Twitter in the fight against HIV/AIDS. But mostly we laughed and laughed and ate and ate, and that was just what I needed. I sent everyone home with a goodie bag of cookies, cake and pie because I love to cook and love to feed people equally as much.
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It’s true that God may not come when you think you need Him, but He is always on time. It may not always be the blessing you request, but it will always be the blessing that you need. I was reminded this Thanksgiving to be grateful for what you do have and not worry about what you want to have. God never sleeps or slumbers. All you have to do is hold on, your tomorrow will come just in time.
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