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January
2018
Being a Dad
As I type this, I can’t help but have an overwhelming sense of regret – and that shitty feeling acts as endless fuel and motivation for me every single day. For many years I was a father, but I wasn’t really a dad. It wasn’t until I gained custodial custody of my four children about... Read More
25
January
2018
Hit the Ground Running
Each morning when I was a kid, I’d lace up my sneakers and hit the ground running. My personal creed has always consisted of one goal: When I lace ‘em up in the morning, I want to be excited and passionate about what I’m doing every day. It’s funny; I always knew it was a... Read More
28
November
2017
Out of My Comfort and Into Your Arms : Child #6
Fathers: raising tomorrows leaders… This is hopefully going to be the title of a book I am currently working on. Throughout my time in the military and in law enforcement I have received numerous “Leadership” awards… Leading Men for Battle is very similar to Raising men for Life… All very different and all needing a... Read More
18
October
2017
Note to Self
Note to Self: First of all I know you are already not listening, Pops has been trying to get through to you but we both know that doesn’t work… I can’t give you the answers but I will give you something’s to live by… For the most part you were a good kid… crazy, hyper... Read More
13
October
2017
Become the lighthouse
Become the Lighthouse… You want to know the answers and why it’s so hard, why these waves keep knocking you down and why you keep falling apart… You need to rise above the waves… or hold your breath until it’s past… you can’t quit this life and drowned in the aftermath… Stand tall and let... Read More
06
October
2017
The sweetest thing :Child #5
Taylor is my youngest daughter. She is one of the most purest and sweetest things. I’ve only had her in my life for a short time but in that time she has made another soft spot in my heart. She has taught me several things about myself I didn’t know. Taylor isn’t my daughter by... Read More
25
September
2017
Gang Member Turned Actor
I decided to take a new direction with my blog by highlighting certain individuals who have made an impact on my life. These are people who have made emotional and mental impacts on me and steered the direction of my LIFE. To that I feel I owe it to them to tell the stories. Joseph... Read More
01
August
2017
She is the Tortilla to my Beef Taco
A relationship is basically two strangers trying to find enough similarities that you can handle throughout a lifetime… We crossed paths…We asked the hard questions and both handled the answers… Now we are going through the days laughing at all each other’s differences…. Like this one…. She can handle tattoos way better then I can,... Read More
28
July
2017
Spitting Image of Me : Child #4
This is one of the hardest ones to write……and in the same thought it’s the easiest to write… This child is the closest resemblance of myself… he looks like a light skinned version of me but lets not just leave it at that, there are a lot of similarities outside of looks. Character being one..... Read More
12
June
2017
Well Put Together : Poem
We are not broken nor are we singular individuals, we have experienced levels of life that many will not do or even dare to. This actually makes us the complete opposite of broken, we are well put together, we have adapted and converted our originally vulnerable and innocent beings into a callused form of experience.... Read More