Lem 7: whispering sweet 'everythings' in your ear

"Lem," his mother entering his thoughts as if on cue, "do you recall the phrase, 'whispering sweet nothings in my ear."

"Yes." he answered slowly with that simple word drenched in curiosity.

"It refers to--"

"It's like my ex-girlfriend, she used to love to whisper things in my ear. I thought is was sexy."

"Yes that is exactly what I am talking about, except, I'm not certain that it's true. Are the things whispered in a lovers ear 'nothings' or 'everythings'?"

"What do you mean mom?"

"I used to date this man, before I met your father, and--"

"Excuse me, mom, but there is no man, before you met my father."

"Yes, but for the sake of my point--"

"Well, for the sake of your point."

"I used to date this person who loved to whisper in my ear too. It looked so romantic to on lookers, like he really must love me. He would whisper things that seemed like nothing really, telling me where to sit everytime we went out to eat; telling me to sit down at parties and events that he felt I had been moving around to much (which seemed to be every party): His message, always delivered in a whisper.

He seemed to whisper things that could have been spoken audibly. Pull my chair out and I would know where you wanted me sit. Or ask me, "Which seat would you prefer" and then he would know where I wanted to sit. It was a subtle thing, that meant nothing--almost. Through a series of events we broke up."

"What happened mom."

"A story for another day Lem. But, when I met your father, we walked right into love. And he adores whispering in my ear. He will ask me audibly in a crowded room, "where would you like to sit," and once we are settled he will lean in to me and tell me how beautiful I look or how my smile turns him on or--"

"Mom! Now that was too much information."

"Or how he was thinking of something I said earlier that day. He always considers my words. Anyway, your father whispers sweet 'everythings' in my ear and he makes me feel more beautiful, more wanted, more special and more happy; Lem, be careful. Who you let whisper in your ear will affect everything; your self esteem, your joy, your strength, your decisions, your peace of mind..."

(c) Jamillah Warner, www.gospelnerve.com, I got the nerve to say . . .