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I AM GRATEFUL FOR NOTHING, THEREFORE GRATEFUL FOR EVERTHING.
My life has taken many roads but on each road I have learned something about who I am and about what role I am supposed to play in life.
My mom died when I was eight years old due to a drug overdose. My father abandoned my sister and I, leaving my strict but loving aunt to raise us.
Most people have no idea that I did not speak much until the fourth grade. Teachers and family assumed that I could not speak, but in truth, I stuttered horribly. My aunt sent me to speech therapy and it was there that I fell in love with English and discovered its power.
I still stutter but I am able to replace words in my head that inadvertently reduce my stuttering. I became so in love with words that I became a rapper. Hard to believe, yet I am still quite good. I love old school rap. I pursued this career until I realized that it conflicted with the woman I wanted to introduce to my son.
Yes, I became a mom at 17 years old in an act more out of rebellion than love. Once my son was born I learned that I have to be all of who I am and let that be enough. I did not want to make any more mistakes because I was being lead or trying to walk in someone else's shoes.
I am now glad to say that I am all of myself, always expressing the best of me while knowing that the worst of me is equally lovable and worthy of traveling on this life journey with me.