The Holidays are coming up and because of things that have happened, things that are happening I will find myself not able to be with family for the first time, well I guess the first time in my 28 years of existence. I am very sad by this fact, and I know that I will be even more sad a week from now and even sadder then when Christmas, My awful birthday, and New Years rolls around. But as they say that is life.
I've been seeing a lot of posts from people saying what they are thankful for and I guess I'm going to use this time or rather this blog to list just a few of the things that I am thankful for. I should probably have waited and put the post out on Thanksgiving but tonight is when the mood struck me. I'm thankful for a mother that always told me I was the best even when I really sucked, I'm thankful for a father who was always a coach and hard ass hell on me and who will always be my hero. I'm thankful for a big sister that hated me, and picked on me, and then out of the blue decided she really loved me and is my very best friend. I'm thankful for friends that lifted me up and made me feel like more than I thought of myself, and that were smarter and more interesting than me, and that are constantly inspiring me to push myself a little bit further. I'm thankful for neighbors that would take me in like a stray and make me a part of their special world. I'm thankful for a family of black men that buck the stereotype and raised a generation of up right black men that can now teach their little ones the importance of family. I'm thankful for 216 stitches, because without baseball I would have never forged some of my greatest friendships. I'm thankful for all the women out there that have broken my heart(you know who you are)and the ones who will now doubt do a little breaking in the future. I'm thankful for all of my friend's healthy children who are all proof that miracles do exist. I'm thankful for the Iron Eagles, Top Guns, and Return of the Jedis that can still turn this grown man into a little kid and make me believe that dreams do exist and they are closer than you think. I'm thankful for personal failures that give you a strength that you never knew existed. I'm thankful for the nights drinking and celebrating with friends so hard that you promise yourself you'll never do it again the next morning. I'm thankful for all of my family past, present, and future. I'm thankful for rainy days and sunny beaches, I am thankful for every second I get to spend up right and on this earth.
I know this sounds a little melodramatic but I don't give a damn, I'm thankful for all of it and even more. And to tell you the truth I've decided that there is only one way to live life.... Like it's a 3-2 count with 2 outs in the the bottom of the 9th of the 7th game of the World Series. Every second, every hour, every moment treated with concentration, excitement, and a little bit of fear. Because no matter how spectacular or how mundane they are there will never be another one quite like it.
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