Getting Jilly With It

Jill Biden is as feisty is she as is beautiful. After letting the cat out of the bag on Biden having his choice of VP or Secretary of State on Oprah's couch, our new Second Lady was unapologetic and shrugged her shoulders at stating the fact. Her husband looked on with a sparkle in his eye and acceptance of this was the woman he had vowed to love forever, foot in her mouth et al.

She wasn't the first. As reported, Vice President Joe Biden lost his first wife and daughter in a tragic car accident weeks after winning a seat in the US Senate in 1972. Nine years younger than him, Jill helped him find the joy in living again and helped raise his two young sons and a daughter of their own, when the two met in three years later.

Oprah asked the million dollar question of how they keep there love strong, he smiled and waved his hands to her signaling her inner and outer beauty.

Loving reckless is having the faith to love again.

Go Joe and Jill.

And did you check her sexy boots on Inauguration day:)?

Inauguration Euphoria

The historic moment of President Barack Obama's Swearing In to Office was filled with one four letter word.

Love.

As all the past presidents and inaugural dignitaries took the stage, an energy continued to build.

Then out stepped the 44th President of the United States of America.

During his acceptance speech after taking the oath, he said the importance of healing this country and continuing to love one another.

Then inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander began her poem "Praise Song for the Day" and captured the true essence of the day and what makes the world go round . . .

"What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance."


That's loving reckless.

The ever clever and spry Rev. Joseph E. Lowery closed the momentous occasion, starting with verse three of the National Negro Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, a poignant move to begin his passionate remarks.

"Make choices on the side of love, not hate, on the side of inclusion not exclusion, tolerance not intolerance."

Here's to loving reckless with our new President in office! Have you hugged someone today;)?

The Courage of Coretta

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an extraordinary man in every sense of the word. And beside him every step of the way was a just as amazing and as strong woman named Coretta Scott.

With dreams of her own to share her musical talents with the world, she married the charming preacher. Together they made the ultimate sacrifice for their children and the world's. He gave up time to see his own children's first steps and special moments to tend to the masses of hurting and denied people. Her strength to carry on the family and keep their children safe and strong allowed him to walk boldly out of their house. Both knowing it could always be his last.

It's hard enough for a marriage with the normal bumps of merging two into one. Add wire taps, constant FBI surveillance and death threats, and we can only imagine. Edgar J. Hoover was undaunted by newspapers' decisions not to run news of King's infidelity, so the FBI leader decided to personally send tapes of the nonviolent leader's indisrections to his wife. It broke her heart.

Love healed it back and her public faithfulness and support to her husband never wavered. Loving a King definitely takes a Queen.

Loving Reckless?

"Give us the power to love recklessly," my pastor said with passion during prayer to close out bible study. My eyebrows shot up and my lips tightened.

I wanted to mouth to God, I'm not sure if that part applies to me.

The idea of throwing caution to the wind and loving with all my might was freaking scary.

But as we celebrate the year of living, the root of being alive is to love. So, loving with all your might is really living life to the fullest. And that is sure to be exciting.