Little Black Book

When it came to Christopher, Webster tried his best to find adjectives within his treasure of words to describe this young man, however after becoming completely exhausted Webster the Dictionary threw his hands up and stated he's a man beyond my vocabulary. Christopher was 6’ 3 “with a medium build body structure that always captured the attention of people everywhere he went. Despite his athletic build, Christopher chose to go the route of Academia, in which he graduated with honors in undergraduate and graduate school and received the highest academic award to be given to a student which was the class valedictorian. Christopher was recruited by the Federal Government as a Foreign Service Officer. Christopher then quickly relocated to Washington, D.C. where he purchased a home in the prominent Georgetown area in Washington DC where the affluent and wealthy people resided. Everything was perfect in the home besides the eye-swore that was above the fireplace in which a hole existed because the previous owners installed a tv which damaged the mantel that was made out of precious stone from Morocco which was very rare. One day as Christopher was dumping the trash he spotted a painting in the trash can of a Seasoned Aged African -American lady holding a little book in her hand and she was looking up to the clear blue sky passing the black quilted clouds that blanketed the city. Christopher took the painting and placed it over the fireplace which covered the hole in the wall. Christopher received an email from his office with his next assignment being in Ghana Africa. While working in Ghana, he fell ill to malaria, a deadly disease that hundreds and thousands of people have died from in Ghana Africa and it's all because of a mosquito bite which carries the venomous bacteria. The malaria damaged the immune system of Chris to the point that he couldn't work and was debilitated in the hospital for 6 months. While Christopher was in the hospital he lost his job because he was no longer able to fulfill the functions of the job which require 90% travel to different countries. Then Chris' car got repossessed and his medical bills had extinguishing all of his Savings leaving him financially destitute. So for the next 10 years Christopher sat in the house dealing with his deteriorating health and major depression. One day while sitting in the living room and looking up at the painting on the wall, Christopher felt as though that maybe his life was starting to have an experience like that painting which was thrown in the trash. One day Chris received a visitor from one of his friends from college and this was so unlike Chris to let somebody come in but his friend was persistent.

2 Chris, how are you doing ? I haven't seen you in a long time and you know I'm just glad to see you even in the midst of these circumstances. Well Jeff I'm barely making it. I feel like my whole life is falling apart. I don't even know where I will be living because my house is in foreclosure so just said Chris. Jeff noticed the painting on the wall and asked Christopher where did you get this from, it is a very unique painting, very detailed and it speaks volumes. Christopher stated that about 10 years ago when I first moved in here there was a hole in the wall so I won't have to look at it. Jeff asked Christopher if he could take the painting to the Antique RoadShow so that he can get them to appraise it and give some history of the painting. Jeff somebody threw it away so if they threw it away then it must not have any value. So Jeff took it to the Antique Roadshow and the painting was appraise for 15 million dollars, Jeff said yes it was painted by a famous artists who completed the artwork during the Great Depression and the old lady was just a lady that used to sit outside and write prayers, promises and hopes in this black book for her children , grand-children and all of the generations that will come thereafter. Christopher just fell down in the back of the chair and started crying because for the last 10 years he's been struggling and not knowing how he was going to pay his bills. Christopher stated, I had no idea that I was picking up a hanging to cover up a task in his house that's going to be worth $15 million dollars. Jeff told Chris that the older lady's last name was Johnson. Christopher said the Johnson's name run my family so they did some research and discovered that Ms. Johnson was Chris great great great great grandmother. Chris had no idea he was connected to the painting and that his grandmother had been right there all along with the black book with all the prayers and promise. The Little Black Book which was filled with lLife and promises was able to find the recipient of those prayers and promises.