Gratitude is the Attitude: Using Love to Weather the Storm

Vedia Barnett
3 min readApr 29, 2019

There was a point in my life when I just could not do this. I allowed my circumstances to take me out mentally and physically.

2018 had been one of those years. My family has seen some beautiful highs, but we’ve seen some crushing lows too.

Most people would say, “But Tanya, we saw you and your husband on Black Love on “THE” Oprah Winfrey Network. You guys are lucky. You have everything to be grateful for and more.” I dare not diminish the awesomeness of these experiences, the relationships that have been…

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Vedia Barnett

I'm a Disabled Veteran as well as an veteran advocate & community activist