Dear Tyron,

WHAT IF?

What if
That drink, that smoke or whatever your vice of choice is holding you back from reaching your goals, destination, and full potential?
What if
The things you think you have a handle on are actually mishandling you?
What if
The things and inanimate dreams that hijack your time are keeping you from being that righteous force to reckon with?
What if
Your games and entertainments are stifling the excellence that God deliberately planted deep within your DNA?
What if
The steps you take today are forging the path on which your son will travel?
What if
He continues along the course you tread? Will his steps in your footprints invoke your satisfaction and make you proud?
What if
He comes behind your name and benefits from the respect your name has already gained?
What if
The way you run your race affects the handoff as he begins his own run and sets his own pace?
What if
The baton you hand him is honorable and aptly transferred into his awaiting hand?
What if
He catches your dreams and contemplations?
What if
He runs his leg of the relay to advance your legacy and noble aspirations?
What if
the mantle you hand him is a desirable one?
What if
He accepts it with the dignity that you demonstrate and instill within him?
What if
The lyrics that so easily roll off your tongue spring from his mouth as he develops into the man that you exemplify? Will your words through his lips invoke your smile?
What if
The decisions you make are meticulously crafting your son’s world.
What if
Your beliefs and the moves you make today help him tomorrow to move in a better way?
What if
What he sees in you causes him to blow up?
In the future when he is you, will he look back and say Pops, thank you!

WHAT IF…

Dear Brother,

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What does a mother do when she learns that her little boy has been exposed to p0rn0graphy? What does she do when she realizes that her elementary school age son has gone further than exposure, but he has actually been watching p0rn?What is she to do, especially when she knows the dark road that p0rn can lead a man down?

Outside of confiscating his device(s), what should a mother do. How does a mother train up a child in the way that he is supposed to go?

Your sisters need to hear from you. Please, please advise!

I’m going to be a man one day

Poem by Malachi with mommy’s help

I’m going to be a man one day
How do they think and what do they say?
I’m going to be a man one day
Does a man even get to play?
What do they do?
Hey man! I’m going to be like you!
What does a man do when he’s mad?
And can he cry when he’s sad?

Do you ever eat snacks like chips or something?
Or do you always eat vegetables?
Are all men good at sports?
Will I be tall or will I be short?
Do all men like music?
And what do men do when they get sick?
Do they go to the hospital or do they stay home and eat soup?
Do they wear shorts or do they wear suits?

I’m going to be a man one day
I’m going to be strong like my uncles
Funny like Uncle Owen and Uncle Rob
Smart like Uncle Owen, Uncle Alva, Uncle Allen, Uncle James, Uncle Aaron, and Papa
Rich like the HipHopPreacher Eric Thomas
Godly like my friend Mr. Shofar
Loving like all of my uncles
And happy like me.

I’m going to be a man one day
And that’s what I want to be.