Archive for the ‘Reflection’ Category

Relationship with My Parents

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Seems I am not the only one who has problems with his parents. As previously stated, I don’t have a relationship with my father. My mother, on the other hand, has always been around. She just seems to pick and choose when she will be a mother.

I grew up without her. I was made ward of state when I was seven. Later, custody of my sister and I was given to my grandmother. My mother was a drug addict. As is, usually, the case with any fiend, her habits were more important than her family. She was still around though. I did grow up in my maternal grandmother’s home, after all. I witnessed so many things, I wish I hadn’t. Some of the destruction caused is still evident here.

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Paternity

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Speaking of last week and paternal relationships. I ran into my father for the first time in seven or eight years. When I saw him I had no intentions of acknowledging him. I was asked to step back by someone I grew up with.

Lil’ Deon was with me. This was the first time he had met the man. The last time he saw Lil’ Deon, he was about three. My son has an uncle and and aunt he has never met. Aaliyah, his aunt, is a year or two younger than him. I have another sister. She just turned four or five that neither of us have met. I am not even sure anyone is aware that I know about her.

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