Category: Inspirational

Image retrieved from “Gif” on 12/15/19. Deuteronomy 1:11 “(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)” King James Version (KJV) My dear daughter, as I look into your eyes, I pray for your happiness. As I hold you in my [...]

Image retrieved as “ GIF” on 11/09/19 God’s love is the only thing in existence, seen or unseen, known or unknown that does not have an expiration date. As we live our lives, we should strive to treat others with kindness, endeavor to be forgiving, faithfully share God’s love, fight untiringly against injustice and await [...]

Photograph: Property of Daphne Knox McClain To know my mother was to love her. Her walk was calm, confident, true and glamorous. Her smile was fresh, sincere, loving and genuine. Her touch was soft, warm, peaceful and gentle. Her hugs were tight, safe, wonderful and gigantic. Her words were strength, knowledge, wisdom and godly. Her [...]

I wrote the lyrics of this song in memory of the one year anniversary of my Mon’s transition, which began at 10:10 P. M. on October 13, 2018 while she held the hands of my daughter, her grand-daughter, who was the Apple of her eye and me. For me and my daughter...she was the embodiment [...]

Photograph “Glowing Figure in the Night’s Sky” taken by: Daphne Knox McClain, September 3, 2019 I come from God. Calming cold, stealthy steel, impenetrable iron...I come from metal. Unveil the atomic composition of my soul. Beautiful brown, grinding grit, shifting sands...I come from earth. Unveil the atomic composition of my soul. Fiery flames, hypnotizing heat, [...]

The strength I have is the strength I am. My Faith is steadfast, yet it surrounds me in waves. When it's courage I need, it finds me and leaves me amazed. There are days when I cry in despair. Yet when those days arise, I say to myself..."push forward with care". The strength I have [...]

You cause my heart to flutter with your hazel eyes; you lead me to the dance floor of life with your gentle touch. You don’t ever complain when I retreat to my inner place because you know that you are my center and my rock. Your loving words take away the stings of life; the [...]

Image taken from Reading Rainbow & Giphy Today you will start your first day at a new school. You may be worried about making new friends. You may wonder if people will like you. You may want to be a new or different person. You may be hoping that the mistakes of your past will [...]

Where did you come from little one? Some say Africa from the frankincense and myrrh of Somalia from the dust of the Sahara and miraculous Red Sea of the Sudan from the ancient civilizations and pyramids of Egypt or from the gold and honey of Ethiopia. ...but I say from God. Where did you come [...]

By: Daphne Knox McClain There is a joy in my heart that keeps peace and love from drifting apart that my lips dare not speak. There are delights and wounds from triumphs small and great and injuries left too soon that my soul can never leak. There is comfort from all the pain that shines [...]