i didn't know ntombi howell for long,but
she changed my life through her teachings of "recovery circles". recovery,meaning,anything that keeps you from being all that
God can,and will,help you to become....we can "recover" from drugs,alcohol,being a "control freak"..."workaholic".......anything
that keeps you from being the best "you" that you can be.
shortly after going through a week of her classes in san francisco,with
some other members of my church...she was dead. she went in for what was supposed to be "routine surgery"...but suffered what
was a fatal brain aneurysm during the operation......she is greatly missed all over the country.
she started as a "self-confessed" pistol packing drug pusher from harlem......she ended up at a church in san francisco,where
God worked the miracle of transformation within her. she went back to school,eventually earning her Masters in counseling....
i wrote this poem shortly after learning of her death.
