As I sit here on what is the eve of my 28th birthday, I reminisce about the things I've seen, been through, and been a part and I must say it's been a wild, sad, happy, weird, and crazy ride. I can honestly say that I couldn't have imagined I would be where I am in life. The child of a teenage mother, being abandon by my father, growing up next door to a crackhouse, not having enough food to eat and settling just for wheat bread cause that's all we had(I don't really fool with wheat bread til this day for that reason), sleeping on the floor dodging stray bullets from the shoot outs that was going on in my front yard and right outside my window and pouring salt around my floor pallet to keep the slugs away from my face as I slept. I never expected to make it past the age of 25 not because I was so bad or living so rough I just knew it wasn't promised to me, I always felt like I was on borrowed time or something and to be 28yrs old, to have completely changed my thinking to a point of looking for life's next hurdle and welcome the challenge, to go from the poor kid that didn't have a pot to piss in, nor a window to throw it out of, isn't just a blessing it's actually nothing short of a miracle and for that I am eternally grateful, I have beautiful friends and a beautiful family(sometimes). 27 was nice, but I'm looking forward to 28. I'm not the emotional mushy type, but I love my life and everything in it from the harsh beginning to the smooth sailing I'm experiencing right now. So with that said who's got the 1st round!
