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Bald & Beautiful: GMA’s Robin Roberts Returns
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©ABC News, Good Morning America Anchor Robin Roberts

The Bald and the Beautiful!

Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts is slowly making her way back to her anchor chair after undergoing a complete bone marrow transplant last September. She was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood disease, which resulted from cancer treatments years before. We blogged first about her journey in Robin Roberts Presses On and Here We Go Again. To say she’s been through a lot is an understatement.

Looking Up

“The big news is that my last bone marrow test showed no abnormalities… Praise God!” shared Roberts, eyes lifted heavenward, via video at the beginning of the week.

Her doctors asked Roberts to go back to GMA for a test run and to see how much stress she’d be under when she “comes home” to GMA in February.

Roberts laughed with her GMA cohorts, “I got up at 4 o’clock this morning. I have to get back on GMA time. That’s one thing I haven’t missed, that alarm clock! Next week, my doctors have me doing a dry run. I’ll get up. I’ll go to the studio. Have make up and hair. (pause) Well, make up. We’ll talk about the hair later!”

We all know that she’s been through some trying times that are no laughing matter, but Robin’s hope is inspiring.

Look to the Hills

I’m reminded of the opening lyrics of Psalm 121:
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.

What a beautiful picture the songwriter painted of how we look upward to God for help and He provides. Robin has been vocal about leaning on God’s help through all these trials, and we continue to be encouraged as she shares her life with us.

Would You Go On Camera Bald?

On a side note, would you go on camera bald?

You might think I’m only talking to women, but several of our brothers (of all hues) deal with hair issues, hair loss, etc, too. Hair is big business! Did anybody see the Inauguration?

I had fun with hair and weave in the short video clip “Small Car On Your Head” [1:58] that we shared last week. But underneath the laughter, there are significant questions.

That’s not to say that if you choose to wear a wig or weave, there’s something wrong. We all must choose what makes us most comfortable. I just think that it’s really freeing to see Robin, front and center, bold and bald, fearlessly embracing the journey before her and all that it entails.

Praying for You

Praying for all of our Fam who are battling illness. I’m lifting my eyes to the hills, on your behalf, and asking for your help to come from the Lord who made heaven and earth. And as Robin concluded in her interview, “Don’t ever give up. This too shall pass.”

Lots of love from the LaLa,
Naima

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