LETTER TO MY SON: Dear Nico, I promise to raise you to be a respected Black man. I promise to educate you beyond the walls of your schools, I promise to nurture you and let you know and feel you are loved. I promise to allow you to identify yourself and your being as you choose as an.individual. I promise to feed your talents and take you anywhere you need to go to expand them. But the one thing I cant do is protect you from hate, I cant protect you from another mans anger and ill fated intentions. I cant protect you if you choose friends or paths that can harm you, I cant protect you from a bullet if Im not in your presence to take it for you. I cant protect you from this system designed to fail you. I cant protect you from the law, I cant protect you from mishaps that could take you from the life I envision for you baby. I may never see you grow, marry, be a father, graduate or even play as I did as a child if our world doesnt change soon. I dont EVER wanna lose you, your smile, your character, your love, your future. But, I know there is always someone plotting and in the blink of an eye it could be me dressed in black sitting in front of a casket listening to a pastor talk about your life in under an hour. Im going to take a step, a stand against this violence in order to show you its intentions, its senselessness and its effects. Youll be a great man if only you walk a very narrow path, keep God as your compass and keep blinders up at every peripheral side. I love you my son, I pray for you and I am devoted to ensuring your life will outlast mine. All I ask is that you go and run the other 50% of the race that already has a head start in front of you. You got this, and I got you my son. I love you forever. Your road awaits you, please be careful.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 22:35:43 +0000
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