Rae Lewis-Thornton Speaks http://www.thebody.com/content/art58561.html A blog by Rae Lewis-Thornton at TheBody.com. http://www.thebody.com/images/blog/rthornton_biobox.jpg Rae Lewis-Thornton http://www.thebody.com/content/art58561.html 115 165 RaeLewisThorntonSpeakshttp://feedburner.google.com It's My Birthday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/NqniMbyfu9w/its-my-birthday.html <p>Today is my birthday!!!! I'm going to let my videos speak for themselves ... It's been a good day so far&nbsp;...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67268/its-my-birthday.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=NqniMbyfu9w:Un9ebr3Xj1E:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/NqniMbyfu9w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67268/its-my-birthday.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 22 May 2012 04:56:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67268/its-my-birthday.html There Is No More Rain in My Cloud! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/y2kj3M7zpJ0/there-is-no-more-rain-in-my-cloud.html <p>I landed in the freaking ER Last night! My chest has been hurting for the last few days and then my arm started to tingle. I thought that I was having a heart attack or had a blood clot from my picc line. Well it was neither! It was a combination of my current health issue with the herpes and the IV medication and STRESS....</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67199/there-is-no-more-rain-in-my-cloud.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=y2kj3M7zpJ0:gtMUdhdBPxc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/y2kj3M7zpJ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67199/there-is-no-more-rain-in-my-cloud.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67199/there-is-no-more-rain-in-my-cloud.html Coming Soon! "The Politics of Respectability"!!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/84Ux9bMiQho/coming-soon-the-politics-of-respectability.html <p><b>Coming Soon! </b>my second book, <b><i>The Politics of Respectability.</i></b> I've wanted to write a book by my 50th birthday for at least the last eight months. Something that spoke to the very core of who I am as a woman. My 50 years of wisdom about sex, dating, self-love and being true to one's self. Everything seemed to have gotten in the way and I continued to procrastinate.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67235/coming-soon-the-politics-of-respectability.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=84Ux9bMiQho:fVEo3Q4StDM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/84Ux9bMiQho" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67235/coming-soon-the-politics-of-respectability.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 14 May 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67235/coming-soon-the-politics-of-respectability.html Dating the Right Reverend, Part Three http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/T4UkQtTf6uY/dating-the-right-reverend-part-three.html <p>Yep, I left the Right Reverend's little town all in love, but what I didn't know was a freight train was gonna hit my ass. I should have followed my first mind. I knew in my heart of hearts that this shit didn't feel right. I knew it, but I didn't want to be alone, especially with HIV.<br><br>The Right Reverend was so accepting of my HIV status, I wanted to believe that my best interest would be a priority. I wanted to believe my best interest would be severed all the way around. Well let me tell you, just because a man is great in one area does not mean he will be great in another area. Nope.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67236/dating-the-right-reverend-part-three.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=T4UkQtTf6uY:vCOAJ0kLZV4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/T4UkQtTf6uY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67236/dating-the-right-reverend-part-three.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 9 May 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67236/dating-the-right-reverend-part-three.html Dating the Right Reverend, Part Two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/e4-slOBjTuo/dating-the-right-reverend-part-two.html <p>I know y'all been waiting on part two of "Dating the Right Reverend," so here you go. You can read <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66949/dating-the-right-reverend.html">part one here</a>.<br><br>We left off at the phone call from the other woman. So I couldn't wait to let whoever this heifer was know, there's a NEW woman, so step the hell back. So I said, "Sweetie, he's in the shower right now, I would be glad to take a message." There was silence and I smiled. "Mission accomplished," I thought! She chimed in, "Will you please let him know, (whatever the heck her name was) is on the phone."</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67170/dating-the-right-reverend-part-two.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=e4-slOBjTuo:B3e934C3TBs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/e4-slOBjTuo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67170/dating-the-right-reverend-part-two.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 4 May 2012 11:46:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67170/dating-the-right-reverend-part-two.html Day 29! Count Down to 50! Ain't Shit Pretty About AIDS! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/t-Rm3IS5Haw/day-29-count-down-to-50-aint-shit-pretty-about-aid.html <p>I love this picture. It appeared on the cover of the <i>Washington Post</i> in 1996. When I first started speaking I was hell on wheels. I talked more shit and was rough around the edges, honestly, I was even more than I am now. If you could imagine, LOL. After two hours of being raw, honest and transparent to this group of young people in a summer program in Washington, D.C., this 13 year girl couldn't stop crying. She said no one had ever validated her decision to remain a virgin and that it was hard because ALL of her girlfriends were having sex. But after hearing me lay it out on the line, she knows that it's OK. We had no idea the photographer had captured this special moment between us.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67066/day-29-count-down-to-50-aint-shit-pretty-about-aid.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-Rm3IS5Haw:YCOeHIG7wuo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/t-Rm3IS5Haw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67066/day-29-count-down-to-50-aint-shit-pretty-about-aid.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:36:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67066/day-29-count-down-to-50-aint-shit-pretty-about-aid.html Monday Reflection: Being the Best You! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/KVTDhdNX0xY/monday-reflection-being-the-best-you.html <p>Being honest with yourself is hard. Especially on those things that are not cute. Those things that seem to nag and tap away at you and leave an ounce of insecurity. If we are honest about it, we all have something. Maybe it stems from childhood or maybe it's something that developed over the years, but we all have that one thing and some of us have more, that just eats away at us and when people start touching on it in some kind of way, we get defensive, we shut down, we cuss and we hide. Your personality type typically determines how you react.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/67000/monday-reflection-being-the-best-you.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KVTDhdNX0xY:A7NfeoHiIx8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/KVTDhdNX0xY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/67000/monday-reflection-being-the-best-you.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:16:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/67000/monday-reflection-being-the-best-you.html Dating the Right Reverend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/ZJOeGDVVKeE/dating-the-right-reverend.html <p>Last night one of the young ladies I follow on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/raelt" target="_blank">Twitter</a> was tweeting about her relationship. She said, "I'm tired of crying." And y'all know I jumped right in. Yep! I tweeted, "Fuck a man who can't love and treat you the way you should be. If he can't see the value then he don't deserve you!!" Yep, yep, I told her straight up, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them. Don't explain it away, don't make excuses." Believe it!</p> <p>I'm doing this because I want you to really understand my journey. Really understand the miracle of my life. People are always talking about God "curing" me but even with AIDS, I'm a walking miracle, a living miracle.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66949/dating-the-right-reverend.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=ZJOeGDVVKeE:hueu4Fs6H00:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/ZJOeGDVVKeE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66949/dating-the-right-reverend.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:20:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66949/dating-the-right-reverend.html Miracle of Life: Counting Down to 50! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/GIFJnxl1fZw/miracle-of-life-counting-down-to-50.html <p>I'm counting down to 50 and I'm allowing you to see a side of me that I have never allowed. I have always wanted people to see me at my best, but God laid in my spirit to show you my day to day.</p> <p>I'm doing this because I want you to really understand my journey. Really understand the miracle of my life. People are always talking about God "curing" me but even with AIDS, I'm a walking miracle, a living miracle.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66876/miracle-of-life-counting-down-to-50.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GIFJnxl1fZw:XoZSkdY7cCw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/GIFJnxl1fZw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66876/miracle-of-life-counting-down-to-50.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:27:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66876/miracle-of-life-counting-down-to-50.html You Can't Take Back the Sex! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/F1fmOm9ESNE/you-cant-take-back-the-sex.html <p>Yesterday I was in so much pain between my legs that I started to think about the day I was infected with herpes. It's been 30 years and I have no idea where the brotha man that I just had to get with then, is now. For Real ... For Real.<br><br>I was thinking about that. I even tweeted, <i><b>"I wonder where that Jheri Curl wearing Brotha that infected me with herpes is now."</b></i> OK, OK, it was the '80s and everyone had Jheri curls. LOL.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66772/you-cant-take-back-the-sex.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=F1fmOm9ESNE:DgULRaDOm3Q:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/F1fmOm9ESNE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66772/you-cant-take-back-the-sex.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:42:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66772/you-cant-take-back-the-sex.html Herpes ... Again ... Overit.com!! Day 43! Count Down to 50! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/GqE6gTBSYzQ/herpes--again--overitcom-day-43-count-down-to-50.html <p><i><b>I was hoping and even praying that I would get through this 50 day count down to my 50th birthday without being sick; without herpes</b></i>. But I guess that prayer didn't get answered because I'm only on day 43 and I have 3 herpes lesions right there on my clit. Yep, Yep and it hurts like hell, if this is what hell feels like.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66695/herpes--again--overitcom-day-43-count-down-to-50.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GqE6gTBSYzQ:ecxOedMA-8k:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/GqE6gTBSYzQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66695/herpes--again--overitcom-day-43-count-down-to-50.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:48:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66695/herpes--again--overitcom-day-43-count-down-to-50.html Day 46! Count Down to 50! Support System With HIV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/3jWyNLFKEgQ/day-46-count-down-to-50-support-system-with-hiv.html <p>While hanging out today with my girlfriend <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mskeeda" target="blank">Markeeda</a>, I started to think about my friends and support system, so I decided to talk candidly about my support system living with HIV over these last 29 years on today's video blog.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66660/day-46-count-down-to-50-support-system-with-hiv.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3jWyNLFKEgQ:PtGcATkGEok:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/3jWyNLFKEgQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66660/day-46-count-down-to-50-support-system-with-hiv.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Sat, 7 Apr 2012 09:26:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66660/day-46-count-down-to-50-support-system-with-hiv.html Diva!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/Qvz22XVdnXc/diva.html <p>Over the years I've allowed cameras into my life. Mainly as a way to educate and challenge stigma around HIV/AIDS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66627/diva.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Qvz22XVdnXc:1VEIT7EyXDU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/Qvz22XVdnXc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66627/diva.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66627/diva.html Counting Down to 50! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/chyj4Ip38QA/counting-down-to-50.html <p><b><i>Today Marks 50 days until I turn 50 years old!</i></b> I NEVER thought that I would have made it! Like #ForReal #ForReal! I've been living with HIV for 29 years. Just think about it, HIV is only 31 years old. That means that I've lived almost the entire AIDS pandemic with this disease and over half of my life!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66589/counting-down-to-50.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=chyj4Ip38QA:QPLTY6xZMrQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/chyj4Ip38QA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66589/counting-down-to-50.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:05:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66589/counting-down-to-50.html Monday Reflection: Just Take a Deep Breath ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/hlYHP4DXsmw/monday-reflection-just-take-a-deep-breath-.html <p>Can we talk? I mean some real talk! I got a lot of freakin stuff to complain about! A lot to be mad about and a lot to fuckin give up on! That's real talk living with HIV/AIDS. Just walk ONE day in my shoes and see for yourself.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66513/monday-reflection-just-take-a-deep-breath-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hlYHP4DXsmw:VKBYhdI9TDw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/hlYHP4DXsmw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66513/monday-reflection-just-take-a-deep-breath-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66513/monday-reflection-just-take-a-deep-breath-.html Facing Shame ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/5eiK8jUEuOo/facing-shame-.html <p>Yesterday I was sitting on the bench waiting on the train and a young lady sat next to me. She had a 4 year old daughter and a 2 month old son in tote. From the moment she sat down it became awkward for me. When I looked into her face I saw what appeared to be two black eyes. My heart started to ache and I became ashamed; Ashamed for me and for her. My shame was rooted in her shame. To see a young girl facing this level of hurt made me ashamed and for once in my life I was at a lost, paralyzed by shame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66452/facing-shame-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5eiK8jUEuOo:Am1sqigw7zg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/5eiK8jUEuOo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66452/facing-shame-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:26:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66452/facing-shame-.html Monday Reflection: Hallelujah Anyhow -- Revisited! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/Pdt2KlsX5ag/monday-reflection-hallelujah-anyhow--revisited.html <p>Lately, I've been getting a lot of e-mail and Tweets about God healing me of AIDS. I know they don't really mean any harm, but it drives me freaking crazy.<br><br>Well, cause, its like they look right pass the miracle of my life. Right, like the blessing that God has given me isn't enough. I know, I know they just want the best for me, but gee, how does one over look the big fat pink elephant in the room? I have lived with HIV, as of 2012 for 29 of the 31 years HIV/AIDS has been around and 20 years with AIDS. </p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66405/monday-reflection-hallelujah-anyhow--revisited.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Pdt2KlsX5ag:OqbRZD_4uVs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/Pdt2KlsX5ag" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66405/monday-reflection-hallelujah-anyhow--revisited.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:13:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66405/monday-reflection-hallelujah-anyhow--revisited.html Trying to Out Run AIDS ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/eh8D4No6dLc/trying-to-out-run-aids-.html <p>I have a big ass problem. It may seem like a small thing to some people, but its major to me; My inability to rest. I don't rest. Yes, I sleep, but I just don't rest. Now that my health is better, I see myself falling back into the same pattern. Keeping a break neck schedule.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66390/trying-to-out-run-aids-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eh8D4No6dLc:Sbmf0V875aY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/eh8D4No6dLc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66390/trying-to-out-run-aids-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:58:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66390/trying-to-out-run-aids-.html Monday Reflection: Gettin My Groove Back! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/R0FXl6mu0z4/monday-reflection-gettin-my-groove-back.html <p>If you had seen me walking down the street yesterday pushing my grocery cart, you would have thought I had won the lotto or something. For Real... For Real... But that was nothing of the sort, I was just happy to be able to go grocery shopping. It hit me as I was walking up and down the aisles yesterday that it's been months since I've been able to do this simple chore.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66329/monday-reflection-gettin-my-groove-back.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=R0FXl6mu0z4:EstCps8qH1g:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/R0FXl6mu0z4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66329/monday-reflection-gettin-my-groove-back.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:37:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66329/monday-reflection-gettin-my-groove-back.html Celebration of Life! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/yCxMN9nEtz0/celebration-of-life.html <p>I never thought that I would live to see 50 years old, but by the grace of God, in just under three months I will celebrate my 50th birthday. I know it's hard for many of you to believe that I was dying, but I was. I remember when my T-cell count was 8 and my viral load was 400,000 and I was on my third bout of PCP, an AIDS-related pneumonia that was the number-one infection that killed people with AIDS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66165/celebration-of-life.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yCxMN9nEtz0:dN50K1SEK2s:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/yCxMN9nEtz0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66165/celebration-of-life.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:51:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66165/celebration-of-life.html I Remember the Lovin ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/rzZ8F18Q7Us/i-remember-the-lovin-.html <p>Good Lawd I remember Lovin that man! By Lovin I mean having mind blowing sex that kept his tail coming back for more and more. Now don't get Love and Lovin confused because they are two totally different things, that may or may not have anything to do with each other, depending on who you are talking to.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66283/i-remember-the-lovin-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=rzZ8F18Q7Us:HWLbXe_18sI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/rzZ8F18Q7Us" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66283/i-remember-the-lovin-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:35:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66283/i-remember-the-lovin-.html HIV/AIDS and the Black Church: A Retrospective! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/_9BBQwKFE7A/hivaids-and-the-black-church-a-retrospective.html <p>People always got something to say about the Black Church and AIDS, like Black Churches are the only churches in the world. I was doing a radio interview just yesterday and one question asked, "Why was the Black Church slow to respond to AIDS?" HELLO, MOST churches, across denominations and the color line were slow to respond to AIDS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/66126/hivaids-and-the-black-church-a-retrospective.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=_9BBQwKFE7A:ALl3UN6GpJo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/_9BBQwKFE7A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/66126/hivaids-and-the-black-church-a-retrospective.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:40:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/66126/hivaids-and-the-black-church-a-retrospective.html Monday Reflection: Weathering the Storm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/yA45aoTdNZo/monday-reflection-weathering-the-storm.html <p>Well it seems that I have weathered the storm yet again. The herpes has gone into hibernation. I'm off the IV medication and the picc line came out of my arm on Saturday. Of course I say hibernation because the herpes virus never really leaves the body and I have no idea when it will rear it's ugly head yet again.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65940/monday-reflection-weathering-the-storm.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=yA45aoTdNZo:JzHyOwwLyPs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/yA45aoTdNZo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65940/monday-reflection-weathering-the-storm.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:37:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65940/monday-reflection-weathering-the-storm.html Whitney: A Retrospective! 1963-2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/kxWawFBO7Oo/whitney-a-retrospective-1963-2012.html <p>Yes, I am a Whitney Houston Groupie! I've never really been a groupie, but she's the exception to the rule. I guess I was never into celebrities because at an early age I was hanging out with some of the most powerful African-Americans in politics. As a result, I always measured people on their own merits. Not because they were famous, but by their contribution to the world and how to some extent they handled their life; But I honestly fell in LOVE with Whitney from day one.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65738/whitney-a-retrospective-1963-2012.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kxWawFBO7Oo:yhIMp7ZqyNw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/kxWawFBO7Oo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65738/whitney-a-retrospective-1963-2012.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:38:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65738/whitney-a-retrospective-1963-2012.html The Problem of Stigma http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/-CR9Mx97VlA/the-problem-of-stigma.html <p>Today is <a href="http://www.nationalblackaidsday.org/" target="_blank">National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day</a> and for me that's bittersweet. Let me explain. I'm happy that African Americans are coming together across the country to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS, but sad that it seems, no matter how hard we work, the number of HIV cases continue to rise. The CDC says that Black folks are 44% of all new cases of HIV in the United States and nearly half of all cases of HIV in this country. It seems the more things change for the better around HIV/AIDS, the worst it gets in the Black community.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65670/the-problem-of-stigma.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-CR9Mx97VlA:KSR1BcAG8Ro:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/-CR9Mx97VlA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65670/the-problem-of-stigma.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:06:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65670/the-problem-of-stigma.html Finding the Missing You! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/8VVABTOZt-8/finding-the-missing-you.html <p>I know ... I know, I've been missing in action, but really it seems like I've been missing a part of me. Like my spirit just walked right out of my body and left a 160-pound shell. Yes, I said a 160-pound shell, but that's another topic altogether. Let me be honest here, this herpes is giving me the freaking blues. For Real! I'm so sick of being on IV medication I can't think straight. No forget that, I can't even think.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65554/finding-the-missing-you.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8VVABTOZt-8:1KIYcQQjGu0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/8VVABTOZt-8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65554/finding-the-missing-you.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:27:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65554/finding-the-missing-you.html Hospital Drama! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/gZpYF-b8vCo/hospital-drama.html <p>Terror came across my face as I looked down and saw the warm blood oozing from the insertion area of my picc line. I have never seen a picc line really bleed other than the first day it is placed in my arm and never that much blood. I jumped from the bed, holding my arm to catch the blood, but as I grabbed the phone, blood made its way to the floor, drop, drop, followed my every move. I heard my nurse's voice come over the phone, "Kee Kee, this is Rae Lewis-Thornton. Blood is coming out of my picc line. He didn't pause, "Go to the ER right now!" And that was the end of the conversation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65283/hospital-drama.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gZpYF-b8vCo:H2oSTYp1wWs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/gZpYF-b8vCo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65283/hospital-drama.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:26:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65283/hospital-drama.html Appreciating the Right Now Moments! Part Two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/TJJy-xJGlWU/appreciating-the-right-now-moments-part-two.html <p>There is something to be said about appreciating the right now, from smelling the roses to watching the snowflakes fall from the sky. Yes, I know I wrote a <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65238/appreciating-the-right-now-moments.html">blog</a> yesterday about just that, but did you really hear me? You know often times when I write it's something that God has put in my spirit to give to you, but what I give to you is also for me. I work hard at practicing what I preach, I do. I must also admit practicing is sometimes hard.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65254/appreciating-the-right-now-moments-part-two.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=TJJy-xJGlWU:qUcQN_pR2AU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/TJJy-xJGlWU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65254/appreciating-the-right-now-moments-part-two.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:24:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65254/appreciating-the-right-now-moments-part-two.html Appreciating the Right Now Moments! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/WpVpLtr-UGY/appreciating-the-right-now-moments.html <p>Have you ever had a period in time when you actually didn't know what you were feeling? I mean, on the one level the circumstance says you should be sad, but on the other, you want to beat the darkness so you try to fight it with a chipper you.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65238/appreciating-the-right-now-moments.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WpVpLtr-UGY:MqbbLN-_PVk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/WpVpLtr-UGY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65238/appreciating-the-right-now-moments.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65238/appreciating-the-right-now-moments.html Monday Reflection: Moving Toward 2012 -- Silence Your Worst Critic! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/GEDbPo7aefw/monday-reflection-moving-toward-2012--silence-your.html <p>Can you imagine the Angel of the Lord coming to you and predicting your future? Like <a href="http://www.twitter.com/raelt" target="_blank">#ForReal</a>. Telling you this thing is going to happen beyond anything you could have ever thought for yourself. I know I've said it often, if God had told me that my life would be what it is today, I would have told God to go sit down somewhere with that craziness. For Real! This is especially true when I made a transition to AIDS and there was no hope for a future.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65220/monday-reflection-moving-toward-2012--silence-your.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=GEDbPo7aefw:J2ojMH7E37k:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/GEDbPo7aefw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65220/monday-reflection-moving-toward-2012--silence-your.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:38:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65220/monday-reflection-moving-toward-2012--silence-your.html The Dilemma: Ethics, AIDS and the Medical Community http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/s1brmieI93c/the-dilemma-ethics-aids-and-the-medical-community.html <p>For as good of a country America is, we have some dark patches that are obvious. Slavery is high on the list; But then the disenfranchisement of the freed person in the South that followed from 1876 to 1963 made us liars. I mean it was the United States Supreme Court that declared separate but equal in 1896, after the country fought a war with slavery at the center. So I'm not confused when Black folk come to me with conspiracy theories about AIDS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65154/the-dilemma-ethics-aids-and-the-medical-community.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=s1brmieI93c:rn8lIWAhr3o:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/s1brmieI93c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65154/the-dilemma-ethics-aids-and-the-medical-community.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:01:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65154/the-dilemma-ethics-aids-and-the-medical-community.html Be the Best You Can Be for 2012! I Am! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/aVo5QhcUPvE/be-the-best-you-can-be-for-2012-i-am.html <p>There were moments this year when I thought I wouldn't make it. No, not physically, but emotionally. The physical wasn't going to kill me, but it made my life a living hell. It was the emotional that I thought was going to take me out of here. The Bible says as a person thinketh, so shall he/she be; and my thinking had a hold on me because the physical was doing the most.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/65002/be-the-best-you-can-be-for-2012-i-am.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aVo5QhcUPvE:5ECxcJJ3IX4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/aVo5QhcUPvE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/65002/be-the-best-you-can-be-for-2012-i-am.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:50:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/65002/be-the-best-you-can-be-for-2012-i-am.html Sometimes I Wanta HOLLER! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/td0z_ZbkBv8/sometimes-i-wanta-holler.html <p>Everyone has a purpose this I know to be true. I laid it out in <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64813/monday-reflection-everyone-has-a-purpose.html">Monday's Reflection</a>. But Sometimes I just wanta HOLLER!! I wanta Holler at the world, Don't You SEE what I SEE? The goodness in my work and purpose? Then I wanta HOLLER at myself, Black Woman have you lost your freaking mind getting yourself out here on limb and now you have to man up or sit the hell down. And then yes I even wanta HOLLER at the Lord; Why is this shit so hard? And don't act like you all prim and proper. Sometimes the Lord drives you just as crazy as that man you once thought you loved.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64859/sometimes-i-wanta-holler.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=td0z_ZbkBv8:Cq31BAoG3jg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/td0z_ZbkBv8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64859/sometimes-i-wanta-holler.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:45:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64859/sometimes-i-wanta-holler.html Monday Reflection: Everyone Has a Purpose! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/-f9JKTGWh-Y/monday-reflection-everyone-has-a-purpose.html <p>Some people live a lifetime and never really know their purpose in life, while others second guess themselves every step of the way. Others know in their hearts that their life should take one direction, but the fear of failure or of what people might say stops them in their tracks. I've never been one of those people. From the very beginning things seemed to fit into place. Early in my life, I knew social justice work was what I was supposed to do. I had a well laid out plan and the overachiever in me didn't miss one beat, or so I thought. But when I made a transition to AIDS almost 20 years ago, the bottom fell out of my world as I knew it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64813/monday-reflection-everyone-has-a-purpose.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-f9JKTGWh-Y:WQE5wJWpdEk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/-f9JKTGWh-Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64813/monday-reflection-everyone-has-a-purpose.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:02:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64813/monday-reflection-everyone-has-a-purpose.html Magic, HIV and Me: A Retrospective! Part Two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/DU4fBeWfFvw/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective-part-two.html <p>Ron stood frozen as I rambled on. He was a gentle man with a big heart and a solid commitment to what was right and fair in the world. That was one of the reasons I had chosen to tell him my HIV status. I knew in my heart that there would be no judgment. But I started to get nervous as he stood there with this poker face that I could not read, so I decided to quit while I was ahead. I finally said, "Can you help me?" and took a deep breath and waited.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64749/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective-part-two.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DU4fBeWfFvw:99-3tAGnedY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/DU4fBeWfFvw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64749/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective-part-two.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:30:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64749/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective-part-two.html A Moral Dilemma: Where Do You Stand? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/At7aWAB1dws/a-moral-dilemma-where-do-you-stand.html <p>I sat glued to the television last night as Penn State students rioted over Joe Paterno's firing. As an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I sat in disbelief. The primary question was, why would they support Paterno over such a scandal as this? But I had to remove myself from the equation and really see what was going on. I got to tell you, this for me is one moral dilemma just all the way around. Typical of me, I did some reading because the television doesn't say it all. I still have yet to read the court affidavits on the actual charges on Sandusky, but make no mistake I will read them just as I did in the Eddie Long Case.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64735/a-moral-dilemma-where-do-you-stand.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=At7aWAB1dws:d8vS4Ch77gw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/At7aWAB1dws" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64735/a-moral-dilemma-where-do-you-stand.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:09:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64735/a-moral-dilemma-where-do-you-stand.html Magic, HIV and Me: A Retrospective! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/62D5ma8IrZw/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective.html <p>Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Magic Johnson's announcement that he was HIV infected. The world was buzzing, even in my home. At the time I was sharing a house with Jesse Jackson, Jr. and his brother Jonathan, and we were all friends with Magic's Godfather, who was a long time supporter of their father, Rev. Jesse Jackson.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64694/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=62D5ma8IrZw:PJtPLj5vW6o:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/62D5ma8IrZw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64694/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:55:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64694/magic-hiv-and-me-a-retrospective.html Gay or Straight: What's the Problem With Condoms? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/hYSQYeMohIE/gay-or-straight-whats-the-problem-with-condoms.html <p>I was talking to a friend the other day who was telling me that they got into a heated discussion with another friend about safe sex. This one person had been fooling around earlier that day and my friend asked about condoms. And they said, "Well we didn't have any, but he pulled out before he had an orgasm."</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64679/gay-or-straight-whats-the-problem-with-condoms.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=hYSQYeMohIE:8E7xf89wVac:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/hYSQYeMohIE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64679/gay-or-straight-whats-the-problem-with-condoms.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:05:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64679/gay-or-straight-whats-the-problem-with-condoms.html Hurt People Hurt: Breaking the Cycle! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/LHxP7PCJloI/hurt-people-hurt-breaking-the-cycle.html <p>Hurt people hurt people is a true reality. Sometimes we do it intentionally. Someone does something to cause us pain and our first impulse is to say,"I'll show them." And that becomes our motivation. And you've allowed them to put you right in the gutter with them. I say often, don't let people make you something you're not.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64649/hurt-people-hurt-breaking-the-cycle.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LHxP7PCJloI:YIaG-C5sTc0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/LHxP7PCJloI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64649/hurt-people-hurt-breaking-the-cycle.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:48:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64649/hurt-people-hurt-breaking-the-cycle.html #TeamRae -- Chicago AIDS Walk 2011 #FunTimes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/4VgMt2mLJlo/teamrae--chicago-aids-walk-2011-funtimes.html <p>I didn't think that I could do it this year. My health, as you know has taken center stage and interfered with a good portion of my life. As I debated the yes and no of the Chicago AIDS Walk, some of my devout members tweeted me often asking about the team, so with less than two weeks from the walk, I went ahead and signed up #teamRae.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64292/teamrae--chicago-aids-walk-2011-funtimes.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4VgMt2mLJlo:5f0UH6DTcLE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/4VgMt2mLJlo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64292/teamrae--chicago-aids-walk-2011-funtimes.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:24:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64292/teamrae--chicago-aids-walk-2011-funtimes.html Monday Reflection: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Death! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/PzlBZbpfhZw/monday-reflection-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-wa.html <p>I thought that I had lost my mind when I opened the window at 4:00 a.m. and stuck my head out of the window to cool off on Friday. But when I felt the impulse to raise my t-shirt in front of the window this morning so the heat and sweat that was under my breast could cool down, I knew that this was out of control.</p><p>I had been fighting the truth of this for three months now. I just couldn't come to terms with it. I had been on a medication that caused me to have hot flashes for six months so I made myself believe that this was a residual from that medication even though I've been off of it for three months now. But when I pulled my shirt, yes you heard me right, when I pulled my shirt down and moved from the window, I picked up my iPhone and called the doctor.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64249/monday-reflection-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-wa.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=PzlBZbpfhZw:LBvjb3QzWeM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/PzlBZbpfhZw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64249/monday-reflection-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-wa.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:56:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64249/monday-reflection-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-wa.html Stop the Madness! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/CEzGCyM3P8Q/stop-the-madness.html <p>I stand by every freaking thing I say and do! And when I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and will admit where I see my wrong. My opinion is my opinion; And guess what? Opinions are like assholes everybody got them. But at the end of the day, we can all agree to disagree. By the way, that's what I say about people reading my blog, you can disagree with me, but when you personally attack me, that's a boundary.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64221/stop-the-madness.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CEzGCyM3P8Q:HHpo7li4DU8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/CEzGCyM3P8Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64221/stop-the-madness.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:16:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64221/stop-the-madness.html Seriously?!? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/XKCPJe6xcIs/seriously.html <p>Every morning I thank the Lord for another day and then I grab my IPad to see what's happening on my <a target="blank" href="http://www,twitter.com/raelt">Twitter timeline.</a> And I hate when I wake to madness; And that's exactly what I got this morning. Lawd knows I wasn't expecting tons of re-tweets showing me foolishness some young people had tweeted.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64220/seriously.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=XKCPJe6xcIs:YEn5F3yvtsE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/XKCPJe6xcIs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64220/seriously.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:28:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64220/seriously.html That's What Friends Are For! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/t-QYKGBl49U/thats-what-friends-are-for.html <p>Monday with my IV medication in tote, I made my way to New York to participate in the <b><i>Dionne Warwick That's What Friends Are For Town Hall Meeting.</i></b> I was honored to have been asked to be a panelist. But I was most impressed that Ms. Warwick decided to celebrate 50 years in entertainment hosting a town hall meeting focusing on HIV/AIDS.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64167/thats-what-friends-are-for.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=t-QYKGBl49U:Qij4T3f30Vc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/t-QYKGBl49U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64167/thats-what-friends-are-for.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:56:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64167/thats-what-friends-are-for.html Is There Any Sensitivity and Compassion for Me? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/Z6kf1Megamc/is-there-any-sensitivity-and-compassion-for-me.html <p>Today Henrieese Roberts responded to my Blog Post Below, <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64025/monday-reflection-i-wanted-to-give-up-but-god-and.html"><b><i>I Wanted to Give Up But God and Twitter.</i></b></a> I was going to respond to her on the post, but decided I had too much to say ... But it's the one below this one, you can just scroll down.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64073/is-there-any-sensitivity-and-compassion-for-me.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Z6kf1Megamc:sF4OyEufHMs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/Z6kf1Megamc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64073/is-there-any-sensitivity-and-compassion-for-me.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:31:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64073/is-there-any-sensitivity-and-compassion-for-me.html Monday Reflection: I Wanted to Give Up ... But God and Twitter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/54vaYqx9_o8/monday-reflection-i-wanted-to-give-up--but-god-and.html <p><b><i>Last Night there was a part of me that wanted to give the fuck up! </i></b>Now don't get me wrong, I didn't want to die, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to live in my life. I'm being straight honest. Last night I was in such a dark place I didn't know if I would make it till tomorrow or even if I wanted a tomorrow, at least as I know it.</p> <p>I understand how someone can punch out of living and push a cart for the rest of their life. It's the easiest way to stop living in your life. There are no expectations of yourself or from anyone else, you just go with the flow. Yep, I was a complete and total mess. Physically I was at such a low point I couldn't even think clearly and that created an environment for the real warfare, not for my body, but for my mind and spirit.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/64025/monday-reflection-i-wanted-to-give-up--but-god-and.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=54vaYqx9_o8:p_p9hMzkTuc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/54vaYqx9_o8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/64025/monday-reflection-i-wanted-to-give-up--but-god-and.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:34:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/64025/monday-reflection-i-wanted-to-give-up--but-god-and.html What Kind of Dater Are You? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/2XTG8rHp9NY/what-kind-of-dater-are-you.html <p>When I was younger it was believed that there were two types of girls; Good and Bad. The Good girls waited for marriage to go all the way and the Bad girls had sex without any hesitation. And this was how we divided our dating life. Having sex or not having sex. Well, at least that's what was believed.</p><p>But in reality, that understanding of dating and sex was just a little too simplistic and maybe way too unrealistic. There were girls/women that had sex with men that they were not dating, but often times she had sex with him in hopes that he would begin dating her. Yes, there were some girls/women that had sex for sex, but more often than not, she was looking for much more.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63940/what-kind-of-dater-are-you.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=2XTG8rHp9NY:nm1QtZD2bE4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/2XTG8rHp9NY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63940/what-kind-of-dater-are-you.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:01:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63940/what-kind-of-dater-are-you.html Hoping for Tomorrow on Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/QIDxegxEnDE/hoping-for-tomorrow-on-today.html <p>When I woke this morning with tears streaming down my face, guilt gripped my very being. As I lay there I wondered how could I already be wishing for another day when God just blessed me with this one. "What's wrong with you woman?" I asked to myself. "Take it one day at a time." But at that moment, one day at a time seemed like an over used quote.</p><p>How could God expect me to deal with my weak and broken body that is chipping away at my spirit like a determined woodpecker? To hell with making it through the day like this; so sick from this IV medication that you can even hear it in my voice. Beat down from the herpes infection that I was wondering if they could just cut out my vagina and vulva to resolve this issue once and for all.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63846/hoping-for-tomorrow-on-today.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=QIDxegxEnDE:b_d0YlShdio:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/QIDxegxEnDE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63846/hoping-for-tomorrow-on-today.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:29:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63846/hoping-for-tomorrow-on-today.html Monday Reflection: Herpes, AIDS and Shame ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/IhWbOtZnrMI/monday-reflection-herpes-aids-and-shame-.html <p>Dealing with health issues is one thing, having to deal with it wrapped in shame is an entire other thing. That's what I do everyday with this drug-resistant herpes. Yep, herpes has made my life a living hell for almost the last four years, but especially the last six months. Dealing with the IV medication treatments has been hard, but having to face the fact that a sexually transmitted disease is the root cause of this rigorous treatment has taken an emotional toll.</p><p>While people are supportive, you still wonder what they are thinking about you having this aggressive herpes and HIV. I can almost image it, she got herpes and AIDS, damn who was she screwing?</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63756/monday-reflection-herpes-aids-and-shame-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=IhWbOtZnrMI:eAkPSsBIcdk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/IhWbOtZnrMI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63756/monday-reflection-herpes-aids-and-shame-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:08:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63756/monday-reflection-herpes-aids-and-shame-.html Happy Birthday RLT Collection! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/aGnksuHdzvk/happy-birthday-rlt-collection.html <p>It's my birthday! Yep, three years ago I launched my <a href="http://www.rltcollection.com/" target="_blank">RLT Collection</a>, a line of bracelets that I design and hand make myself. It was a brave endeavor but I figured that I had nothing to lose.</p><p>I watched all those Oprah shows where young white girls had an idea and ran with it and before you knew it, they were an overnight success. I remember when I made the decision, I had a lot of naysayers, Yep! In those early days, "friends" would say to me, "you really think people will buy them?" Or, "I thought it was just a hobby." Some of those people still haven't purchased a bracelet. One such person said to me one day, "well you know I don't wear bracelets." I just shrugged it off.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63714/happy-birthday-rlt-collection.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=aGnksuHdzvk:lZSY7Q8GZFM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/aGnksuHdzvk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63714/happy-birthday-rlt-collection.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:45:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63714/happy-birthday-rlt-collection.html On Russell Armstrong: We Never Know a Person's Head, Heart or Capacity http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/-wal-kuXpKs/on-russell-armstrong-we-never-know-a-persons-head-.html <p>A couple of nights ago Russell Armstrong, the husband of Taylor, from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills committed suicide. That was incredibly sad. You never know what someone else is going through.</p><p>I must admit this is the one and only reality show that I'm an avid viewer. And from the tweets each night the show airs, Russell seems to be the husband that was most disliked by the public of all the husbands. People thought that he was way too controlling of his wife Taylor, there were even rumors of physical abuse, but nothing confirmed. Honestly, he was also the most introverted of all the husbands, and that made him appear a bit aloof. But, honestly, some people also thought that Taylor was a piece of work. They both took a lot of public flack.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63575/on-russell-armstrong-we-never-know-a-persons-head-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=-wal-kuXpKs:pOtYvdvs030:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/-wal-kuXpKs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63575/on-russell-armstrong-we-never-know-a-persons-head-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:30:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63575/on-russell-armstrong-we-never-know-a-persons-head-.html Doing It My Way This Time Around! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/tdiis5ASzFw/doing-it-my-way-this-time-around.html <p>People often ask, when am I going to write my memoir? And for the longest time I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell the whole story. I mean, once you put it out there, you can't take it back. And I got a whole lot of stuff in my closet.</p><p>And honestly, I believed if I was going to do it, then I needed a book deal. I'm always thinking big and I just didn't want to do it on my own. And then a few years ago I was swept up in a whirlwind. A friend in the literary world made some inquiries on my behalf and in a matter of weeks I had one of the best literary agents in New York City. Hot dog, I knew this was the time.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63608/doing-it-my-way-this-time-around.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=tdiis5ASzFw:nGFTku7WRz8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/tdiis5ASzFw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63608/doing-it-my-way-this-time-around.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:02:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63608/doing-it-my-way-this-time-around.html What We Do to Keep a Man ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/UfrDSKM-8fo/what-we-do-to-keep-a-man-.html <p>The other day I was thinking about the time I sat in front of my boyfriend's apartment for four hours to see if he had been out all night. Like what the hell was that gonna do but drive me even more crazy than I was, because I had to be stone out of my mind to get out of my bed at 5 am to go looking for a freaking man.</p><p>When I think about the things that I did in my 20s to try and keep a man, I'm down right embarrassed. I told my girlfriend the other day, I will be 50 years old in 8 months, I am not going to debase myself for the love of another. Those days are long gone. I don't need a man that adds no freaking value to my life but takes, takes, and takes.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63501/what-we-do-to-keep-a-man-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UfrDSKM-8fo:I-j1M4wYeCw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/UfrDSKM-8fo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63501/what-we-do-to-keep-a-man-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:48:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63501/what-we-do-to-keep-a-man-.html Monday Reflection: Living With AIDS in My Own Voice! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/pcCrkM0k9xI/monday-reflection-living-with-aids-in-my-own-voice.html <p>Each day I sit at my computer trying to give you what I think God has given to me to give to you and it flows like a river. But then some days I sit at my computer with nothing to say and from no where it hits me. There are even times when I start writing about one thing and it ends up being another. I never try to force it, I just write what God has put in my heart.</p><p>Today is one of those days when I stared at the computer for a few hours. It seems that each direction I go, I get lost. About two hours ago, I said to myself. I'm going to post my interview with veteran political reporter and former editor and chief of <i>Emerge</i> magazine, George Curry, and be done with it; That seemed like an easy way out. But then I never take the easy path do I?</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63427/monday-reflection-living-with-aids-in-my-own-voice.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=pcCrkM0k9xI:nDgj1G1Aej8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/pcCrkM0k9xI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63427/monday-reflection-living-with-aids-in-my-own-voice.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:10:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63427/monday-reflection-living-with-aids-in-my-own-voice.html This Is What Sexual Abuse Looks Like: Eddie Long and R. Kelly! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/BiTpjzLDF-0/this-is-what-sexual-abuse-looks-like-eddie-long-an.html <p>Sunday, I went on one of my famous <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/raelt" target="_blank">Twitter</a> rants and my bottom line is this, men keep your dick in your pants, if the person is not the age of sexual consent. Stop using your power to take what you ethically and morally have no right to take! I went on to say to my followers, "If you have a problem with my raw tweets on Sunday, Whatever! *Shrugs* because I'm still mad that Pastors have not spoken up about Eddie Long using the Bible to groom those boys to fuck him." Yep I said it! Basically this needs to be a Sunday morning discussion.</p><p>What prompted this rant was a news report of another powerful person accused of having a sexual encounter with a teenage girl.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63337/this-is-what-sexual-abuse-looks-like-eddie-long-an.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=BiTpjzLDF-0:QUH-HVAI6Bs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/BiTpjzLDF-0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63337/this-is-what-sexual-abuse-looks-like-eddie-long-an.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:50:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63337/this-is-what-sexual-abuse-looks-like-eddie-long-an.html Monday Reflection: Living With Addiction ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/6G8j40V1szA/monday-reflection-living-with-addiction-.html <p>When I heard about Amy Winehouse's death the first thing that crossed my mind, is that you die how you live. It's a sad but true reality and it's not just about drug and alcohol addiction but anything that has a hold on you, and that thing dictates your life.</p><p>I understand addiction. My mother and father were heroin addicts and my step-grandmother who raised me, was an alcoholic. My father died a violent death when I was about three years old and my mother used for half of her life.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63193/monday-reflection-living-with-addiction-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=6G8j40V1szA:X-g_1QlLYGc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/6G8j40V1szA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63193/monday-reflection-living-with-addiction-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63193/monday-reflection-living-with-addiction-.html Waking to Sadness ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/zLMhAloOU5c/waking-to-sadness-.html <p>I woke this morning to an overwhelming sadness, as if a cloud of darkness was hanging over my bed, infecting every part of my being. As I laid there, I started to ask the most ridiculous questions of God. Like how long? What's up with that? And on and on. Then I started to think about the Apostle Paul and his throne and then I started to fight back the tears.</p><p>But it hit me, what I really needed to fight back was this cloud of darkness that was infecting my very being. I knew I needed to do something, or I wouldn't get out of this bed today. I knew I needed to do something because everyone that encountered me today would be affected by my infection and it wouldn't be pretty. You see, I understand the saying, hurt people hurt. Sometimes they do it intentionally and other times unintentionally, but they do it nonetheless.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63118/waking-to-sadness-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=zLMhAloOU5c:Y1GzE4IhFJ4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/zLMhAloOU5c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63118/waking-to-sadness-.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:50:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63118/waking-to-sadness-.html Monday Reflection: Never Surrender to the Madness http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/5zzdCNSsO-g/monday-reflection-never-surrender-to-the-madness.html <p>I've been so freaking sick that it has interfered with everything from literally washing my ass, to walking down the street to working. And if I say it, you know it's gotta be true because I'm miss independent, ain't gonna let nothing stop my ass in this lifetime or the next. But I have to admit, I was thrown a curve ball that knocked me flat on my ass these last seven weeks or so.</p><p>And when you are laid out you can't see the forest, shit, you can't even see the trees. But you can feel the cold, moist ground sucking the life out of you. And as you lay there, you know instinctively that if you continue to lay in this dirt that a part of you will surly die, not physically, but emotionally and spiritually. And I tell you, a dead spirit in my opinion is worse than death. Death is final, but living with a broken spirit is an endless bottomless pit. Like being in hell and looking up to heaven, wanting to be there, but it's not available to you.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/63012/monday-reflection-never-surrender-to-the-madness.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=5zzdCNSsO-g:d0pr7QvtT-g:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/5zzdCNSsO-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/63012/monday-reflection-never-surrender-to-the-madness.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:20:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/63012/monday-reflection-never-surrender-to-the-madness.html Monday Reflection: What Kind of Caregiver Are You? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/eHuaj2Y9FgA/monday-reflection-what-kind-of-caregiver-are-you.html <p>I have AIDS and there is no denying this fact. It doesn't matter how good I look, how wonderful I sound, or what schedule I push myself to maintain I have AIDS.</p><p>And while I put up a good front at normalcy, there is nothing normal about my life. The fact that I try to maintain, "Normal," isn't even normal. And over the years I have learned that people seem to focus on the wrong thing when it comes to my health. Like fresh out of the hospital people tend to focus on how "good" I look rather then what I may need to help me recover.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/62684/monday-reflection-what-kind-of-caregiver-are-you.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=eHuaj2Y9FgA:Uzj130Vx4ro:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/eHuaj2Y9FgA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/62684/monday-reflection-what-kind-of-caregiver-are-you.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/62684/monday-reflection-what-kind-of-caregiver-are-you.html Guest Blogger: A Day in the Life When the Diva Is Your Friend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/muOF2PdL9Lc/guest-blogger-a-day-in-the-life-when-the-diva-is-y.html <p>Each morning that I wake up, my day is essentially my own.</p><p>While I am a single parent who maintains full and complete custody of my teen son, I can pretty much dictate how I manage my day. I can take one pill or none. I can go to a doctor or not. Let me tell you, I loathe them and have not been all year. My extremely athletic child however recently suffered a concussion, but I think you get my drift here.</p><p>We are both healthy and I have Rae Lewis-Thornton to thank for that. Her sacrifice is on a daily basis. She has suffered, been scrutinized and had her most intimate details self-disclosed so that we, who are negative, can be free.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/62619/guest-blogger-a-day-in-the-life-when-the-diva-is-y.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=muOF2PdL9Lc:g0mIdDODVFs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/muOF2PdL9Lc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/62619/guest-blogger-a-day-in-the-life-when-the-diva-is-y.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:00:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/62619/guest-blogger-a-day-in-the-life-when-the-diva-is-y.html Monday Reflection: Lives Can Be Changed Through Pain ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/Vb0XIvxglg8/art62471.html <p>I have so much on my freaking mind, it's just racing around and around in my head. And yes, I want to share it all with you, every single bit. Well, not every single bit but mostly every bit. But today I'm just gonna tackle one thing. Last night I got the biggest Aha Moment of 2011 to date. For Real... For Real....</p><p>So I was in one crappy ass mood all day yesterday. I mean with the sun shining through my picture window, it still seemed like darkness had invaded my living room, my heart, my mind and the very essence of who I am. And then in the middle of telling my male friend, in so many words, I didn't really want to hear about his bad day or week, shit my day is bad and getting ready to get worse. Yep, on Tuesday I'm going on IV medication for the eleventh time in 3 1/2 years, to treat this damn drug resistant, aggressive ass herpes that AIDS won't let me fight off.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art62471.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=Vb0XIvxglg8:bV0X-bCEskU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/Vb0XIvxglg8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art62471.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:12:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art62471.html Looking Back at 30! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/cRhYYWNmKWs/art62370.html <p>Today is the 30th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS. On June 2, 1981, five men were diagnosed with GRID, Gay Related Immune Deficiency in Los Angeles. Thinking back to what I was doing at the time... Let's see, that summer I was working at Paul Harris boutique in the Water Tower Place mall on Chicago's <a href="http://www.twitter.com/themagmile" target="blank">Magnificent Mile</a> and preparing to go off to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for school. I had been roughing it, trying to make my way in this world since my senior year of high school, October 1979.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art62370.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=cRhYYWNmKWs:ekOljDkXdcE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/cRhYYWNmKWs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art62370.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 3 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art62370.html United in HIV! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/iOLXeAcbsWE/art62410.html <p>Black Gay men are our brothers, uncles, fathers, grandfathers, cousins and sons. And for some they are our BFF's. No matter the label, for sure they are a vital part of our village. And I, for one, am fed the hell up with all the blaming that goes on in our community around the infection rate of black women from men on the Down Low.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art62410.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=iOLXeAcbsWE:jyNsIHzmzO0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/iOLXeAcbsWE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art62410.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:55:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art62410.html I Am Not A Whore! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/4Ziyl-7zolY/art62185.html <p>I am not a whore! But it's true, I've been having sex almost as long as I've lived. I broke my virginity when I was 13, which was a decision I made based on what I thought I knew was the best decision for me. It was a totally wrong decision based on faulty information.</p><p>I am not a whore! But at 6 years of age I was raped repeatedly ... And my rapists names changed over the years, but the rape remained the same ... And by the time I was 9 years old it was common for me to wipe blood and semen off my 9 year old vagina.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art62185.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4Ziyl-7zolY:pMN3H3p9op8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/4Ziyl-7zolY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art62185.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 20 May 2011 09:16:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art62185.html Accept the Miracles as They Come! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/DR51jDCeHhk/art61955.html <p>Let me tell you a story.. This is my reality and my truth... A month ago when I finished up my IV treatment for my Herpes infection things were great! That Tuesday, I was beat down from the treatment but other than that, things were wonderful; There was no herpes to be found.</p><p>All cleared up, I was one happy camper! I went on the road to speak at Indiana University, then to Indianapolis to spend a day of R and R with my good friend <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pastormikejones" target="blank">Pastor Mike</a>. But when I woke that Friday morning I was in pain and discomfort. Are You Kidding Me?!?!? Was my first thought.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61955.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DR51jDCeHhk:uNoCOOkZPNo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/DR51jDCeHhk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61955.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 11 May 2011 15:33:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61955.html Monday Reflection: Always Be Authentic! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/sDMbdO4_2nU/art61883.html <p>Saturday was one of the biggest days of my life. I put it right up there with winning my Emmy Award, receiving my Master of Divinity Degree, being licensed as a minister and of course being inducted into my sorority Delta Sigma Theta as a honorary member for my lifetime achievement to help improve the human condition.</p><p>To receive the Distinguished Alumna Award from my college, <a target="blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/neiulife">Northeastern Illinois University, </a>and deliver the commencement address was a milestone in my life. The fact that my alma mater recognized my work and accomplishments around HIV/AIDS was just wonderful. I mean HIV/AIDS is still a taboo topic, people are still living in shame sealed in stigma. And let's be honest... I do go around the country talking a whole lot of mess. But like I told them, "You cannot save lives sugar coating shit." And that's a fact!!</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61883.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=sDMbdO4_2nU:mZIt__SsfPw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/sDMbdO4_2nU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61883.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 9 May 2011 18:43:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61883.html Yes, I'm a Mommie Too!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/LdWVoo_5vRc/art61849.html <p>I was invited to tea at the Peninsula by <a target="blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/MJTam">MJ Tam</a> and <a target="blank" href="http://www.thechicagomoms.com/">The Chicago Moms</a> Bloggers. These women are dynamite, blogging about the life of motherhood. Well, MJ the Social Media Powerhouse in charge of this outfit, was originally wondering what the "real" Mommie bloggers would say about me crashing their event since I don't have any children. But my girl, Mommie <a target="blank" href="http://www.houseonahill.org/">Blogger Dwana</a> said flat out, Rae would beg to differ.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61849.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=LdWVoo_5vRc:_WHu9drKoEc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/LdWVoo_5vRc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61849.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 4 May 2011 08:55:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61849.html Does Anyone Date Anymore? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/8cIeO6Xz5mA/art61792.html <p>Does anyone date anymore? Is chivalry dead? Is there an expectation that sex is automatic in every relationship? And just because a man makes you wet between the legs does that mean that you have to go ALL the way?</p><p>And how soon is too soon for sex in a relationship? I know there has always been a double standard in our society. Women who have sex early, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month are typically called whores. And men are glorified for being able to get that "thang." And honestly, the main reason women hold out is to ensure that he is what he says he is. But holding out for months won't determine if he will be an ass in the end. Nor does it guarantee that he won't dump you once he actually "gets it." I mean some men love the chase. I've said over and over again, no one ever really knows everything about a person, not really. Even though we bask in a level of arrogance, proclaiming that you know your "Boo."</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61792.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8cIeO6Xz5mA:QIiKqet9h0Q:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/8cIeO6Xz5mA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61792.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:45:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61792.html Friendship, Betrayal and Rape ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/nOt-nG0Bv4I/art61518.html <p>After we had sex, he got up and went to the bathroom. He lived in a dorm where they shared baths that were not connected to the rooms. He slipped out of the room and I laid there in the dark thinking how great of an evening this had been.</p><p>When I heard the door open, a quick smile swept across my face. "Boy am I lucky," I thought. He came to the bed in silence, I couldn't see him, but I felt him as he laid on top of me. "Awww here we go again," I thought. But then panic swept across my face. <i>This was not him! This was not him!</i></p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61518.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=nOt-nG0Bv4I:8W2NKnyHwMQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/nOt-nG0Bv4I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61518.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:27:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61518.html Monday Reflection: Never Suffer in Silence ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/YeCNeNKsEYk/art61405.html <p>One early morning Mama woke me out of my sleep. I thought I was dreaming at first, "Rae, Rae, get yo ass up and find my brush." I looked over at the clock, it was 5:00 a.m. I took a deep breath and started to crawl out of the bed. "Bitch, didn't you hear me? Get yo ass up and find my brush."</p><p>I walked into Mama's room, "Huh, Mama?" I whispered. "Find my brush. I know yo ass had it!" She demanded. Without a single word, I wiped the sleep out of my eyes and I started searching for Mama's hair brush. I knew if I couldn't find it or didn't find it fast enough this could mean a beating. The pit of my stomach tightened. I was methodical in my looking. I knew I had to find it and fast.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61405.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=YeCNeNKsEYk:VOdKQSAn_FM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/YeCNeNKsEYk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61405.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:53:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61405.html This Is for Me! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/8ZWnTmGvUGE/art61336.html <p>This new <a href="http://www.rltcollection.com/diaiawbr1.html" target="_blank">Diva AIDS Awareness Bracelet</a> for RLT Collection is a <b><i>special fundraiser</i></b> for me. I am making 100 <b><i>teamRae Bracelets.</i></b> On May 22nd I will be 49 years old. My life is a miracle. By medical standards, I should have died 16 years ago. And make no mistake, at one point I was sick enough that I should have died. But God's plan was bigger then AIDS could ever be!!</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.rltcollection.com/tediaiawbr.html" target="_blank">teamRae Bracelet</a> is a celebration of my life and my work around HIV/AIDS.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61336.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=8ZWnTmGvUGE:62naZ3lFPHs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/8ZWnTmGvUGE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61336.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61336.html Fat Meat Is Greasy! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/CgjKFkcgZ1c/art61286.html <p>I've said it more than once: If the penis ain't in your pocket, you have no idea what it's doing when it ain't with you. But many of you don't believe that <b>Fat Meat is Greasy</b>. Nope, you're so sure that your man/woman would NEVER step outside your relationship that you think condoms are an insult to the love that you share.</p><p>I <a href="http://www.twitter.com/raelt" target="_blank">tweet</a> every Monday: I know that some of you had unprotected sex over the weekend and I hope and pray that what you thought you knew about your partner is true. Otherwise, literally, you were a fuckin' fool.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61286.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=CgjKFkcgZ1c:MrGyPV4prUA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/CgjKFkcgZ1c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61286.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:24:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61286.html There Is Hope in Tomorrow! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/90eTbz8Flm8/art61287.html <p>Yesterday when I left the clinic after getting my IV medication, I was so freaking beat down. I sat in that taxi on my way home and all I really wanted to do is cry. When I arrived at the clinic that morning at 9:00 a.m., I already had a low grade fever, and by the time I finished at 4:00 p.m., I was nauseous, dizzy, fatigued and so weak that walking was an effort. Not to mention, I'm still in pain from the actual infection. <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60989.html">Read here about the infection.</a> My spirit was at an all time low. When your spirit is this low, there is a hopelessness that comes over you.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61287.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=90eTbz8Flm8:uxgCqiddawQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/90eTbz8Flm8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61287.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:49:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61287.html Monday Reflection: Remember! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/DdbXjX1oQOk/art61175.html <p>Sometimes it feels like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. I know you can relate. The hits just keep coming and coming, and you wonder if there is even a God up there.</p><p>Stop being all righteous! You know I'm telling the truth. Let me be clear, deep down you don't really question if there is a God, but you do wonder if His plan for your life is gonna get any better.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61175.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=DdbXjX1oQOk:x8cbtGNLg6k:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/DdbXjX1oQOk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61175.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:35:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61175.html I Agree: We Are Not A F***ing Scorpion! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/KAZrQu3s2ZY/art61152.html <p>The other day, I saw a tweet from <a href="http://twitter.com/mariaHIV1111" target="_blank">Sassy Maria</a>, as I call her. She's another woman living with HIV and doing her part in this fight. I clicked the link because the title of her blog post caught my attention. "I am not a scorpion." Damn straight she ain't! I mumbled, "She's a cutie pie." I wanted to know what the hell she was talking about. Wanted to know who I had to fight on her behalf. On <a href="http://twitter.com/raelt" target="_blank">Twitter</a> we have created a little family and we all stick together. #teamHIVAIDS.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61152.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KAZrQu3s2ZY:La2eDyvDvC4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/KAZrQu3s2ZY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61152.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:36:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61152.html Are We the Balm in Gilead? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/xqemOT1J_c4/art61132.html <p>So yesterday I started IV medication yet again. And yes, it's everything it promises to be. A really aggressive treatment that kicks my ass. Last week I spilled the beans and revealed that I have drug resistant herpes and that is the reason I have had to have this aggressive IV treatment over and over again. You can find the <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60989.html">full story here.</a> It's worth reading. I disclose my journey and my shame around being diagnosed with herpes; and I make the connection to herpes and HIV/AIDS.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art61132.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=xqemOT1J_c4:MmlEINjgC0Q:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/xqemOT1J_c4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art61132.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:35:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art61132.html Finally: Letting Go of the Shame! Part Three http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/KaQlq1KRfnY/art60987.html <p>The day in the hospital that I had to spread my legs and let twelve doctors look at my vagina to see the chaos that one mistake over 20 years earlier had caused, every bit of my pride went out the window. I was so ashamed. At that moment nothing could make me feel good about myself. As doctor after doctor took a closer look, I became that little girl fighting back Mama's words, "See, you ain't nothing but a little whore." And nothing could take away the shame I felt. Nothing. Not 27 years of education, not one fabulous diamond necklace I own, not my best St. John Knit and Chanel pumps. Nothing. Not being on the cover of magazines or even my Emmy Award could make me muster up an ounce of self worth. I felt like I had hit rock bottom that day. HIV and herpes had double teamed me and they were in fact the Devil between my legs.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60987.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=KaQlq1KRfnY:kVGAq86Y6-0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/KaQlq1KRfnY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60987.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:52:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60987.html Finally: Letting Go of the Shame! Part Two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/gvgW0U_jEOM/art60988.html <p>I was so ashamed that I isolated myself in my dorm room for the rest of the week. I didn't leave to go to class. I ordered carry-out and I made excuses to my girlfriends for not hanging out. I felt like the the scum of the earth. And for the first time ever I seriously thought about killing myself. Yes, I had taken some pills when I was 12 as a cry for help, hoping Mama would change but that was futile, she didn't.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60988.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=gvgW0U_jEOM:1CY_pktZwvE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/gvgW0U_jEOM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60988.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:51:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60988.html Finally: Letting Go of the Shame! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/lR9z1YrjH2I/art60989.html <p>I'm gonna admit that I have been holding onto a deep, dark secret that has been weighing me down. I have not blogged about it nor have I talked openly and freely about it. No, I haven't lived in total isolation, my close friends know, and I have mentioned it in a speaking engagement or two if I'm asked, but only if I'm asked, because I find no use in lying.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60989.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=lR9z1YrjH2I:P-TxIetN0BE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/lR9z1YrjH2I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60989.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60989.html Monday Reflection: Watering The Seed God Planted! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/WQsR3Dwxzmw/art60815.html <p>About four years ago God planted a seed in my heart and spirit but I was waiting on Him to make it happen. Yep, after all of my stepping out on faith, I mean come on Rae, speaking, cover of Essence, news reports with an Emmy in tote, blog, social media, I did it all on faith. I felt it in my gut and I acted on it, not knowing what the outcome would be, but just believing the voice of God.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60815.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=WQsR3Dwxzmw:IosGBFNZtyY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/WQsR3Dwxzmw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60815.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:02:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60815.html The Honest Truth About Trust ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/UhFCk2x1noY/art60646.html <p>At my last speaking engagement someone asked a most fundamental question about dating, "When do you trust?" She went on to say that at some point a person wants to believe that they are safe in a relationship. That they can trust their partner. Lighten up. Let their guards down. Stop using condoms.</p><p>Do you use condoms forever? That is the 1,000,000 dollar question. On one level it's an easy answer. You never stop using condoms until you get married. But then there is even dialogue on marriage and condom use that I'm gonna table for another blog.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60646.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=UhFCk2x1noY:NG1q-zCBd5s:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/UhFCk2x1noY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60646.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:30:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60646.html It Is What It Is! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/O5JserNRDoc/art60491.html <p>I had so much to say about Valentine's Day. I had a well thought out blog in my head. But my body has totally shut down and I've been in bed all day. Truly all I can say is that there's no fancy dinner or gift worth your life. If he can't respect you enough to use a condom then maybe you should find you someone who does. Instead of spending all your time, ladies, concerned about what he wants, spend that time thinking about what you really want in a man. I hope you have a fun but safe weekend.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60491.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=O5JserNRDoc:7qtIYCg9HtA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/O5JserNRDoc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60491.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:58:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60491.html Tea With Rae: Get Out of God's Way! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/oR6bkJVpzAo/art60490.html <p>Almost everyone who comes to my home for any length of time must have tea. So yesterday, I grabbed the opportunity to introduce two 8th graders to my tea ritual. They were actually here to interview me for their school project. Arami had Double Dark Chocolate Matte by <a target="blank" href="http://www.republicoftea.com/">The Republic of Tea</a> and Tyanna had Strawberry Rose by <a target="blank" href="http://www.espemorium.com/"> ESP Emporium</a><a target="blank" href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1999256805">.</a> Amari is a regular reader of my blog so she was really excited to experience my tea ritual. But Tyanna was so excited that when her mother arrived, she told her absolutely everything I shared with them about tea, and eventually I brewed up a cup of <a target="blank" href="http://www.teavana.com/">Teavana</a> Zingiber Ginger Coconut for mom. The girls enjoyed their tea and I enjoyed explaining to them the best ways to have tea. These young ladies were a delight and a blessing. They even hung around and edited my first video. I am proud to feature Arami and Tyanna in my first video, "Get Out Of God's Way!" I hope that you will support my video project by subscribing to my <a target="blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/RaeLewisThornton">You Tube Channel</a>, and if one is compelling, please feel free to share it on your Facebook page.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60490.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=oR6bkJVpzAo:9anCJ1LUv3Q:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/oR6bkJVpzAo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60490.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 9 Feb 2011 17:10:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60490.html Facing AIDS: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/d8mKF4tPJEQ/art60405.html <p>Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Many African-Americans face HIV and AIDS every single day. I've been facing AIDS for over half my life. It is a battle that many of us face head on and some even face it alone. I know what it's like to live in secret, afraid that people will not love me if they know that I have this ugly disease.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60405.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=d8mKF4tPJEQ:RXKVStROoPk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/d8mKF4tPJEQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60405.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:54:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60405.html Monday Reflection: You Cannot Go It Alone ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/qJ0kf_q0MKQ/art60394.html <p>I'm going to admit that sometimes I tend to self-isolate. This is especially true when I'm not feeling good. And that's how it's been lately. It seems like I can't get ahead of this darn illness. As soon as we figure out one thing, there's yet another complicated issue on the table. It becomes emotionally draining on top of the physical discomfort I'm facing. Sometimes I'm so over it that I just shut down. But yesterday I was reminded yet again that I cannot go it alone.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60394.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=qJ0kf_q0MKQ:UN2YLERwpZA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/qJ0kf_q0MKQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60394.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:11:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60394.html Overit.Com!! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/SNMp9V9YPvI/art60431.html <p>I was told this week on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/raelt" target="_blank">Twitter</a> that I couldn't "be everyone's hero, no matter how many seminars I do or how many times I tell my story." It hit me like a ton of bricks. You really think I do this so people can like me? I don't rightly give a damn if people like me or not. #ForReal. I tweeted that girl until the cows came home. I had just left the doctors with more questions than answers, this was not the day for some petty ass young girl trying to judge me and show off on Twitter. You hating on me cause I'm me? Please!</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60431.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=SNMp9V9YPvI:BMDwXUi-5iA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/SNMp9V9YPvI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60431.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:32:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60431.html Blessings Come in Many Ways ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/OdL0riDBKaA/art60307.html <p>Everyone knows that I simply love chocolate. So I was elated when I saw the <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kilwinschicago" target="_blank">Kilwin's</a> sign go up in Old Town, not too far from my house. I waited patiently for them to open but it seemed like forever. They started construction that summer but didn't open until October 3rd.</p><p>But OMG the first time I bit into the caramel chocolate dipped marshmallow on a stick I knew my tummy had been blessed. But who would have thought this shop would render more blessings to me then I could have ever imagined.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60307.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=OdL0riDBKaA:v_FKSbRIlws:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/OdL0riDBKaA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60307.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:36:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60307.html Stop Being a Part of the Problem http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/HT2q-Ym20S8/art60260.html <p>This morning when I saw a tweet about <a href="http://www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=144775&amp;catid=108" target="_blank">90 girls pregnant</a> at one high school in Memphis, I surely thought it was a joke. I went searching and found that it was true. I'm absolutely heartbroken to hear this, but I'm equally heartbroken about a culture that makes this acceptable. A double standard in our lives that celebrates unacceptable behavior on the one hand and curse it on the other. We have helped to create this culture where teen girls believe unprotected sex is acceptable and having a baby is a prize of some sort. A culture that says the dangers of unprotected sex are minimum.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60260.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=HT2q-Ym20S8:MDbwYeTQ6nM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/HT2q-Ym20S8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60260.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:21:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60260.html Monday Reflection: Doers Not Dreamers ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/G5MymfFXEn8/art60202.html <p>Most people know me as an Emmy Award winning AIDS activist, but my life was committed to social change long before I appeared on the cover of Essence magazine. In many ways, my work in social justice paved the way for the work that I do now. My training ground was Operation PUSH, a legacy of which I am very proud. I remember one of the first assignments given to all the interns was to read, <i>Why We Can't Wait</i>, by Dr. Martin Luther King. It was the first of Dr. King's writings I had ever read and it set the tone for everything I did after.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60202.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=G5MymfFXEn8:P6rY4kT8AZE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/G5MymfFXEn8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60202.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:38:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60202.html F***ing Friday: I Just Don't Get It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/4jmZ2BA-xyE/art60222.html <p>I really don't understand the fukin problem. I just don't get it. Is it that men think something will happen to their dicks if they wrap it up? Have you men made yourselves believe that feeling her pussy is the most important thing? Do you believe that your dick is the best thing that ever happened to her, that she would never step outside of the relationship? Huh? Is feeling her pussy worth your life? Do you think she is so fine and so clean that she couldn't possibility have HIV? Or, that she's so upright that she would be honest with you. The fact is, about 38% of all newly infected people are infected with HIV by someone who doesn't even know they have HIV. So, you are expecting her to tell you what she may not even know herself.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60222.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=4jmZ2BA-xyE:47PVzMwUkQU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/4jmZ2BA-xyE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60222.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:50:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60222.html Death Pussy: Don't Believe The Hype! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/kXaQP4I-Uv0/art60167.html <p>I've never had anyone call my vagina "death pussy," at least not to my face. But I have had someone call it "diseased pussy." I've even been called "that AIDS Bitch." Each time I wanted to be mad, but I couldn't. I had to stand like the strong black woman that I am and take that hit like a champ. The fact of the matter is that my vagina is infected with HIV and I do have AIDS. The fact is HIV has taken up camp right between my legs and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. But, I've learned over the years not to put a lot of energy into what I cannot change, and my HIV status is one of them.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60167.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=kXaQP4I-Uv0:lKzcXI50DQs:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/kXaQP4I-Uv0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60167.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:05:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60167.html Love Triangle: Here We Go Again -- Part 3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~3/3DRSMnRYoGg/art60095.html <p>Finally back to the ending of that crazy ass story about the fool who was dating me and this young girl at the same time. You can review <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art58688.html">Part One</a> and <a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art58725.html">Part Two</a>.</p><p>Ok, so I had just gotten off the telephone with the young lady who wanted to know my relationship with her boyfriend. Ummm, "Excuse me, he's my boyfriend too." We compared notes and what we concluded was that he had been dating us both the entire time. He met her one month after he met me.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebody.com/content/art60095.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?i=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?a=3DRSMnRYoGg:UwC8trQyETc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RaeLewisThorntonSpeaks/~4/3DRSMnRYoGg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebody.com/content/art60095.html rae@raelewisthornton.com (Rae Lewis-Thornton) Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:44:00 GMT http://www.thebody.com/content/art60095.html