Boss Lady Takes a Stand!

Shanté Broadus, President of Boss Lady Entertainment; wife of famed musician Calvin Broadus, better known as Snoop Dogg; and mother of lupus survivor, Cori Broadus, was recently appointed to the Lupus LA Board of Directors.

Lupus LA serves the needs of people with systemic lupus and their families in Los Angeles County. As a board member Shanté will help lead efforts on behalf of the organization, which include: promoting lupus research, awareness, education, patient services, and new member outreach.

After her young daughter's diagnosis, and discovering the disease is more prevalent among women of color, Shanté realized the organization needed a voice and her family's celebrity status could help inform people of the disease that affects over 1.5 million Americans.

Since then, Shanté and her family have been very involved in Lupus LA events and support groups, and in speaking with press outlets to help build awareness about lupus.

Hats off to Mrs. Broadus!

My Lupus Now Magazine Feature!

Joy Comes in the Mourning has recently been added to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc's (LFA) Recommended Reading List and was featured in the summer 2010 issue of Lupus Now Magazine!

A portion of the proceeds from each sale is donated to the LFA DC/MD/VA Chapter. Please consider making a donation to the LFA. Your tax deductible contribution can help bring us closer to a cure. The LFA is the foremost national nonprofit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providing support, services and hope to all people affected by lupus. Visit http://www.lupus.org/  to donate today.

Website Makeover - Every Round Goes Higher and Higher!

After many months of searching for just the right web designer for my author website, I'm especially proud to unveil the new and improved site created by yours truly (Toward the Mark Press, LLC.).

Take a look at the new and improved Korika L. Johnson - Official Web Site and let me know what you think.

                                                             


In case you haven't noticed, the blog has changed as well.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Here's my 4:49am spin on the classic children's poem:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should sleep before AM
Lord knows I'll be thanking Him.

This is the second straight day that I've stayed up ALL night. Not because I wanted to, but rather because thanks to Prednisone a ten-to-twenty minute power nap can carry me about three days.

But I won't complain. I've been tested and tried, and know with certainty that God's Word is true. That all things truly do work together for good to them that love God and are called according to His purpose.

So I DO thank God. I thank Him for turning my sleepless nights into very productive days.

"In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all." - 1 Thessalonians 5:18