Christmas – My Nomadic Acorns – My testimony I post this for my own historical testimony and not really for anybody to read. I post this to document my own transparency and to just keep it real. First I’d like to say that I am very blessed to have a surrogate family in Rhode Island and have had these surrogates since 2006. I feel like I have been given the keys to the city and state because of their acceptance of me a NYC transplant. (in order of meeting) The Guyers’, Maloneys’, Greaves’ , Polantas’, Schencks’, Ferrals’, Britos’, Cabrals’, Hardens’, Lopes’, Jenkins’ , Delgardos’, Maioranos’ have made my move to the Ocean State a truly wonderful and rich experience. If it were not for the kindness of these Irish, Portuguese, Polish, Cape Verdean, Italian, Dominican and African American peoples I would have not survived my sojourn to Rhode Island. Although I was born in the 50’s, a time of intense racial unrest, my mother, due to me being raised as an only child, taught me to make friends with anyone whose spirit was wholesome despite race, religion or color. My childhood and NYC friends and family that have helped me survive the past 60 years include but are not limited to the Watsons’, Nichols’ Greens’ Bonets’, Gethers’, Butlers, Tilliess’, Koonces’, Linds’, Braggs’, Coppages’, Walkers’, to name a few. Family and Friendship will help you survive the rigors of life. This brings me to my point this Christmas and why I’m feeling so sad. When the Lord said be fruitful and multiply his words must have resonated in my being because I was blessed with six of the most prolific children a father could have ever dreamed for and they in turn have brought forth into the world six children. I am so in awe of their courage and adventurism to go out on their own and take on the world. I guess I must have passed on some nomadic gene to them. In addition to their venturing far from the proverbial nest, they have placed into my family and into the world six new children who, based upon hopefully none of my knucklehead genes, will become an asset to society. They are all beautiful bright stars. I miss them so but alas I can never be with them in one place on Christmas. If I ever hit the lottery I will rent an island in the Caribbean and make them all take off from work or other mundane tasks and spend a week or two as a family unit. I appreciate my family and friends in my new home but I miss more not having the ability to have my blood in one place and see their smiles and get those kisses and hugs, I hate being so far away. Jelani - NYC Dali - Albany NY Amanda - Japan - U.S. Navy Kwasi - NYC Melissa - Out to sea Navy - VA Beach - Indiana Justin - Carolina Temesha - NYC
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:58:36 +0000
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