@ Ashanti..........to be honest it wasn't as bad as i expected. Initially i wanted it to be just myself and my immediate family...but little by little people came to our house, those who couldn't make it called/text to express their support and they were thinking of me..it was quite touching. I'll tell you what though, it wasn't until my bro died that i realised who my REAL friends and family were.
All day i felt my brothers presence around me and knew he was watching over us and was happy that we were happy and most of all...we were not alone.

Though it is wonderful news I'm sorry to hear about your baby cousin, but that either way..trait or otherwise...that baby with live his/her to the fullest no matter what, i know the big man upstairs with give you guys the strength to perservere as it is HARD wor, trust me. I have the trait, but you don't get any real affects as the real crisis other than you have to be aware that there is a 50% if you have kids with another trait carrier, the child will have sickle cell.

Did your cousin know they had the trait..if you don't mind me asking?

P.S Thanks for the hug x

@Happiness....

Odinma! You will be amazed a how many black people i have come across, espcially in the past year that know VERY little about it. Some have not got a clue. They know about cancer, MS etc, not to say one is better than the other; i guess it's because it affect all people and not just a section of society. BUT STILL..As for your friend, that's terrible. She should have done her research properly!

Thank you for taking time out to read his poem, he wrote it during a long spell at the hospital a few years ago. Thanks also for your reply, MY FIRST!!!!!! banana.gif

God bless too! xx