Mama Always ~ L.A. Brown, Author

 Let's put it right out there...2020 has sucked. Yeah, I said it, and I'm not apologising or taking it back. If there was ever a danger zone for depression, this is it.  I have blogged a lot on depression. As you may know, I suffer from a mild form of it, and my best friend of over 45 years had a severe form of it. Because of that, she took her own life a year ago, and because this is such an insidious affliction, I will make mention of it in my blogs often.  This disorder has taken so much from so many. Look at Robin Williams. The face of comedy, wonderfully funny, and yet it was a mask for the world to see. You see, a lot of us put on that mask so that no one will worry, and we keep wearing it until we can't anymore. That's when things happen. Either we seek help and hope it helps to manage this demon, or we give up. That's what he and my best friend did. It took me a lot of reading, praying, crying and going through my own struggles to realize that it really wasn...

It was a beautiful morning, it really was. The sky, a brilliant blue, I had one dog, Izzy, snuggled up against my back, snoring. Another dog on the floor, blissfully sleeping, and a puppy, who really isn't a puppy anymore, pawing at my blankets, snuffling at my neck, encouraging me to get up because he had to pee. Typical morning. As is my routine, I began my morning thanking God for His protection through the night, His new mercies, and the Lord's Prayer...then I continued with my intercession for the day. Because I do not say 'amen' at the end of the Lord's Prayer, for me, it means that my prayers are ongoing throughout the day. I came to find out last week, that I am not the only one to do that...a man who is a wonderful music minister does so as well. As I continued my morning routine, let the dogs out, fed the cats and fish, and made my coffee, I continued in intercession, praying for a dear friend who is fighting to get well. She was in a horrific car accid...