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Come support NOVAM's Imagine Night at The Little The Little Theatre Of Alexandria,April 28,2009
Our 75th
Season
Reception and auction begin at 7 p.m. show at 8 p.m.
Purchase tickets at www.thelittletheatre.com
Make sure to buy the special NOVAM tickets
Gross Indecency;The Tree trials of Oscar Wilde
An engrossing...edge-of -the seat legal thriller
by Moises Kaufman
directed by Frank D. Shutts,II
produced by Mary Beth Smith-Toomey
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Please get tested today ! Knowing your status is power !
So many people have so many fears about finding out the results of their HIV test and how it will affect their life. Well not getting tested is the biggest problem that one can have. If you get tested and know that you don't have the virus then you know that you have to be careful, if you get tested and you do have the virus then you still have to be careful and take your meds. Life does not have to stop because you are positive!
Now you know what has to done to stay healthy! Trust me, when I found out that I was HIV positive I thought it was the end of my world! Everything that was important to me seemed to just not be important any more. After I went to the doctor and got on the medication and most of all started meeting people who had been positive for many years, I knew that I had a chance. The face of HIV/AIDS has changed so much, you never know who is positive or not!
I started doing things that made me feel alive again! I found out that I was positive because my wife died of AIDS and that's when I got tested. She contracted the virus from her ex and he never told her that he was positive! She was my first love and the best thing that ever happened to me. We had a wonderful life together and had accomplished great things together. Losing her was like dying myself ! She was my soulmate.
Today I am living a life doing what I know is meant for me to do. That is to teach all who will listen about this virus and to encourage them to let nothing stop you from moving forward. And as the saying goes "when life serves you lemons, make lemonade," well my lemonade is so sweet! Today I have the job that is I know is my calling, saving lives! Most of my life I worked as a home health aid taking care of people with all kinds of illnesses. Just out of high school I was trained as a community organizer, working in low income communities helping people get on their feet and moving forward. Then I did not know how it felt to be in their position or situation . I am a Youth HIV Prevention Specialist and I test and counsel youth to help them stay healthy and think twice before they have unprotected sex. I also teach that until you accomplish what you want in life, and understand the dangers that exist with having sex, abstinence is a wonderful thing !
I thank my Higher Power for all that I have been through. I am better today than I ever thought I could be, all because I got tested early and started treatment. Today I am healthy and happy! I understand how it feels to be HIV positive and I know that that helps me to understand what someone may be feeling when they get a positive test result, I am living proof that you will be alright ! So please get tested today and know that you are not alone, and that there is help for you ! We really have to change the way we look at life in many ways. Don't let HIV stop you from being all that you can be ! Knowing your status is power!!!
I will continue to try and prevent this virus from affecting as many as I can, for as long as I have life and energy to do so !
Just do it !
Now you know what has to done to stay healthy! Trust me, when I found out that I was HIV positive I thought it was the end of my world! Everything that was important to me seemed to just not be important any more. After I went to the doctor and got on the medication and most of all started meeting people who had been positive for many years, I knew that I had a chance. The face of HIV/AIDS has changed so much, you never know who is positive or not!
I started doing things that made me feel alive again! I found out that I was positive because my wife died of AIDS and that's when I got tested. She contracted the virus from her ex and he never told her that he was positive! She was my first love and the best thing that ever happened to me. We had a wonderful life together and had accomplished great things together. Losing her was like dying myself ! She was my soulmate.
Today I am living a life doing what I know is meant for me to do. That is to teach all who will listen about this virus and to encourage them to let nothing stop you from moving forward. And as the saying goes "when life serves you lemons, make lemonade," well my lemonade is so sweet! Today I have the job that is I know is my calling, saving lives! Most of my life I worked as a home health aid taking care of people with all kinds of illnesses. Just out of high school I was trained as a community organizer, working in low income communities helping people get on their feet and moving forward. Then I did not know how it felt to be in their position or situation . I am a Youth HIV Prevention Specialist and I test and counsel youth to help them stay healthy and think twice before they have unprotected sex. I also teach that until you accomplish what you want in life, and understand the dangers that exist with having sex, abstinence is a wonderful thing !
I thank my Higher Power for all that I have been through. I am better today than I ever thought I could be, all because I got tested early and started treatment. Today I am healthy and happy! I understand how it feels to be HIV positive and I know that that helps me to understand what someone may be feeling when they get a positive test result, I am living proof that you will be alright ! So please get tested today and know that you are not alone, and that there is help for you ! We really have to change the way we look at life in many ways. Don't let HIV stop you from being all that you can be ! Knowing your status is power!!!
I will continue to try and prevent this virus from affecting as many as I can, for as long as I have life and energy to do so !
Just do it !
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