Where it Began...

You always remember how you met and how everything started with every serious relationship... We met at church, we'd cross paths a few times before at random church events... she barely knew me, I barely knew her... I started going to her church winter 2006/07; as young adults of the church there was a group of us who were single, around the same age and we jus started hanging out every weekend, group dates to random places jus the whole group enjoying each others company... we all were friends on AOL IM(dating myself lol) and would randomly converse from time to time... as time passed we'd strike up random conversations some superficial and jus surface things and other times we'd have deep long conversations... a friendship struck up... she'd come home every so often, a couple times she'd ask me to come grab her from the train station... I randomly asked her to link up for some ice cream, nothing serious jus to chill; a Friday afternoon walk to grab some ice cream turned into a 7 hour walk around the block a few times and the conversation jus flowed, we talked bout our past, love, God, values, music, etc... we stayed up till 3am jus talking in person with no interruptions... but nothing came of it... summer ended and time came for her to get back to school for her senior year of College at St. John's in New York, she boldly pulled me aside and expressed her interest in getting to know me on different level... which took me by surprised, I wasn't expecting any of that... I hesitated in my response but she knew what she wanted and she made it known... that same day she asked me to drop her off at the train station as she was returning to school... the drive was basically us figuring out what getting to know each other on a different level might be...as she left the car nothing was set in stone... I saw her off and started to drive away... 5 minutes into my drive back home I realized she had forgotten her food, normally I would have thought oh well the person will be alright but for some reason I was compelled and determined to get her food to her... I called her and told her I was on my way back to her... so I got off the first highway exit I saw and headed back to the train station... as I got to train station I randomly parked in the drop-off area(illegally at that) ran inside the station, ran all the way to where her bus was and gave her the food... and has most islanders do when saying hello or goodbye I went to kiss her on the cheek and somehow our lips met... it wasn't on purpose but it was quick peck followed by a blush from her and oh my fault on my end... we went our separate ways... she reached NY and I reached home... we didn't talk for the next couple days probably both seeing who'd call first... I finally ended the silence and gave her a call... from that day forward we started talking...

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself...

Finally ... its been over 10 years since I actually wrote... where do I begin, so much has happened from August 2009 to now both personally and the world as we know it... I went from being single to married to divorced... no kids to 3 beautiful kids... working 2 part-time jobs to being an entrepreneur and owning my own business... the world has gone from being snail mail, paper-trail to everything literally everything being digital and at your finger tips... from paper money to electronic funds that's accessible at anytime... nevertheless writing has always been a form of therapy for me to jus release my thoughts and jus let it out... so here we go again sit back and relax and join me as I speak on the various thoughts that run through my mind... my thoughts will focus on God, love, my kids, relationships, my past, my present, my future and jus random happenings that I come across... your thoughts and opinions are much welcomed, so feel free to agree, disagree, argue and voice your thoughts and questions also... by the way I can be very random with my thoughts/post so trying to decipher who, when, why, where, what reason for the thoughts may be a task in and of itself so jus go along for the ride... as we re-enter into the Thoughts of a Complicated Educated Black Man...