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UNVEILED – SISTAH’S HOME – the PLACE OF LOVE IN ACTION!

Posted on October 24, 2012 Updated on October 16, 2013

Can you hear me breathing?  Each exhalation of a long deep breath is one of release and gratefulness.  Each inhalation is a direct flow from the universe.  I can have what I believe I can have.  Each inhaled breath of strength straightens my back and my resolve.  Each breath I take, expecting the goodness of the universe, propels me right into action – no further hesitation or doubt.  The fear and procrastination drops away –  I exhale it all.  Aaaah!  What a delight to move in the will of the universe.

I nailed it!  The unveiling of my dream, Sistah’s Home – the Place of Love in Action! is done.  This Prayer and Praise Breakfast was one of the best times I have ever experienced.  There was so much love and support in the planning, the actual event presentation and in the creative support of my sisters and brothers.

First, let me give special thanks to the Most High.  Secondly, my thanks to Mr. Brit Savage, Business Manager, of the Chesterfield Tom Thumb Day Care Center located at 9208 S. Cottage Grove in Chicago.  Brit, you are a great person to offer the facility for the community’s use.  You displayed favor and kindness in continuing to respond to my requests even when I did not always keep my word on appointment times.  Thanks for hanging in there with me and my dream.   To those friends and talented individuals who helped to make the breakfast an event that will be long remembered – Ashe.

A very special group helped me to present the visual and Power Point expressions of the Pavilions of Hospitality, Hope and Help in Sistah’s Home.  They took my concepts and vague descriptions and set it out!   Thank you, Min. Joy Sigur-Ramza of Neighborship of Joy, contact her at neighborshipofjoy@yahoo.com, for working through the night with me to get my Power Points in sync with the photographic work of the wonderful Don Kelley of DK Photo at 773-255-1192.  Don, and his friend Phil, are working to build brand recognition and identity for Sistah’s Home.  Don video recorded the breakfast so we can all look forward to seeing some great shots in the near future.

Explosive thanks to Deborah Gary, Owner/Painter, Paint On Me, Inc.  Contact Deb at 773-209-5325 or wepaintsmiles@gmail.com and www.PaintOnMe.com.   I send “creative thanks” for the great work you did on my face.  You helped me to convey the drama and enthusiasm I wanted to bring to my commercial.  Your work enhanced me as I convincingly portrayed the look of person who has a dream like Sistah’s Home.  Your work was a driving force in the presentation.  To my friend and sistah, Belinda Harris, you’re the kind of sister the dream belongs to.  You showed out in the details with a “yes” every time.  Thank you to Mama Sunshine, Dorothy Lyles, contact her at cosmicdiva1usa@yahoo.com.  Your piece on “Forgiveness” and the reason for the ancestors is us – was a powerful  reminder that the strength of the world is best depicted in the strength of the sisters.  It was so on point.  Sister Abuna Hetap, contact her at abunahetep@gmail.com,  your creation of the flyer invitation perfectly conveyed my sentiments to the “Consciously Committed Ones”.  Your help in centering me on last-minute details is greatly appreciated.  You also have a video that I want to add to my personal collection.  I guess I’m one of the last to know what a smart phone is capable of doing.

To Rev. Catherine Jackson, contact her at csleadership@gmail.com, you introduced me with enthusiasm and aplomb.  You woke the audience up – I felt like a Rock Star with that intro.  However, in the future, be sure to add these words about me – “that I am a woman who is proof of the Unlimited Supply of God”.  To my special “food and family friend”, Ms. Leigh-Ann Murphy of Lee’s, contact her at lmurphyh@comcast.net, “Thank you”.  You filled us up with delicious fare and your young crew of help was a delight to see and experience, especially at such an early hour.

To my traveling angels, Joe Merrills of Merrills & Hogan Family Movers, contact Joe at 773-225-4259 and Melvyna Gaynor of Boon Jab-ba LLC.,  contact her at melvyna.boonjabba@yahoo.com; “Ya’ll kept it moving”.   I have great appreciation for your getting me to and from the breakfast.  Your unwavering commitment to get me there, regardless of circumstances, is but another testament of the goodness of God.

To my mother, Doris Love Redic and my sister, Jacqueline Pinegar, thanks to the both of you for your faith, conviction and commitment to me.  I saw the looks of love and pride on your faces.  Your unfaltering willingness to see how you can help despite your personal situations is my motivation when I feel like “not going on”.   To each and every one of my guests, “thanks” for your support of me.  It will not be forgotten.  You will be among the first to know of all the good news about Sistah’s Home.  To each of my supporters and well-wishers at a distance, I felt the love.  Each donation was received in gratitude for your contribution to Sistah’s Home – the Place of Love in Action!

My featured guest – Janine A. Ingram, author of Born to Be Rich, rocked the house.  Janine, facilitator and founder of the AMPRAYERCALL, is my declared other “Mother”.  She helped “deliver” a new soldier into the universe.   Janine A. Ingram brought her special gifts of encouragement, the win/win spirit and enthusiasm to the breakfast.  By the time this dynamic and energetic sistah got through with her message – we had a “love train” moving in the place!  And for those who don’t know, Sister Joy can drop it like its’ hot, right along with Janine.  Those sistahs did the thang!  We danced and celebrated to “Money is Coming to Me” so much and so long that the owners were waiting for us to go!  We were fired up and couldn’t let such a high moment end.  We took ourselves and the extra food over to “Your School of Beauty Culture” located at 116 E. Pershing Road in Chicago, IL.  We brought joy and cheer to a packed school.  We were just in time for a Birthday celebration there for sweet Betty White.  We had customers in different states of “getting that butter whipped” join us in a soul-train line.  The operators tapped and sang along with us.  They didn’t want us to leave.  It was so stimulating and well received; I thought such a “love-train” might be something we could consider for the holidays.  There are so many individuals and places of business in need of cheer.

I will conclude this blog today, telling you that your dreams can be realized.  I have just started on the birth of my own dream and I move forward with the expectancy that my greatest good is coming to me right now.  If the universe did it for me, it will certainly do it for you – Just Ask!  I can tell you that the right individuals, things and circumstances will show up at your request!

Indeed, Let the Church Say Amen 

Peace and Love,

Queen Hostess,

Claudette Redic

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