A Woman's Pain

Today, while getting a cup of coffee, I glanced at the cover photo in the New York Times. A Black woman in Sierra Leone, her face colored with pain, lay on the ground outside her home. The photo caught my eye and I could almost feel the pain of all black women. I thought of Katrina and the look in their eyes. Morphine is unavailable, according to the caption, to ease the agonizing pain of breast cancer.

I never read the article---but the woman's face burned into my brain throughout the morning. My prayers go out to this woman, all women, and especially black women.