| Now to continue with where I left of....Sorta.?I?m looking Through my the internet friends list and I see face of people, some of which I haven?t spoken a word too since high school but because its the internet you can do it when ever.?So I go onto their page and WOW!.?Some are married and I think wow when did this happen.?I look more and I see once again pregnant with child.?WOW!.?I went home recently and saw my boy Tim whom I haven?t seen since those days we would skip school and go to Steilacoom Park.?haha Those were the dayz.?Well I see him and he still looks the same except hes bigger and has long hair instead of short.?I ran into him when I was with my friend Gaby.?We had come to Dennys to meet Jamar after watching?"I Am Legend" at the theater in the Lakewood Towne Centre.?We were walking into Dennys and Tim was standing at the door.?I looked at him and we both made that, "hold up i know you" face.?Then sure enough we shook hands hugged and went into the bar and talked over a couple shots and a few beers.?It was some good times.?He?s about to be a father soon.?Next month his gurl Malia, whom I also know from high school, is the mother of his child.?It tripped me out to find this out.?WOW!Those two.?I never would have thought they would be together.?Congratulations to them and baby Prince.I have another friend?named Justin,?whom I?ve known since high school back in 2001.?We were both new to the school.?He was a freshman and I was a sophomore.?I wont forget it.?We had Photography as our first class of the day.?It would be, me, Justin, and Anthony.?We?would sit in that class and act up.?lol.?N E WAYS, thats besides the point.?We all go through certain things in our lives where we lose focus on the big picture.?We stray away from our duties and we follow something which would destroy us.?Myself included.?I am very proud of Justin.?I remember when I used to preach to him and tell him to go to church and he would shrug it off.??Now he goes.?He reads his bible and prays.?We have regular talks about God.?Its a beautiful thing when one finds God.?Keep the faith bro.?Nothing can take u away from him.?Remember that.Last year I got to see my cousin La?Riesha for this first time in six years.?She?s married with two handsome boys.?I got stationed in San Diego at MCAS Miramar back in March of ?07.?I called her up and we chewed the fat for hours.?She told me that she was having a baby shower and that I?m invited.?So I packed up a few things and got on a train from San Diego to L.A. That was my first train ride.It was amazing.?I got to L.A. and then caught another train out to Palmdale.?When I got off the?train?I started walking towards the parking lot.?Then I saw this one girl.??She looked like my cousin.??She was real skinny just like my cousin six years prior.?Well I walked up to say?"WHATS UP CUHZZZZ" and?as soon as I opened my mouth to speak she looked at me.?I?then realized, thats not my cousin.?My cousin is pregant.?Wow!.?Just then my cousin pulled up with her friend Melinda and then reality really hit me.?La?Riesha isnt lil La?Riesha anymore.??Shes?a mom now.?She ran over to me and we hugged.?It felt good to see her.??Then?I saw my?Great Aunt and Uncle (her parents) whom I also havent seen in six years.?It felt so good to?see them.?It was like finding?the missing piece to the puzzle.On a more serious note, reality really hit me? back in June of ?07-Aug. ?07.?I was Balboa Naval Hospital recovering from surgery that I had.?I stayed there because I didnt have family close enough to take care of me.?Well, I can say I enjoyed my time spent there.?I made some good friends.?Friends that I can say are True friends.?While I was there I was in the wounded warrior battalion with all the guys who were hurt in Iraq and Afghanistan.?What they go through is no joke.?I already had some idea of it, but when you spend as much time with them as I did, you begin to realize the severity of the war.?They were coming back from Iraq missing arms, legs, fingers, an eye, half their skull was made out of plastic, or a combination of them.?Some had severe brain injuries.?Most had PTSD.?After seeing that I said wow, this is some crazy shit!?They had a wall memorial to fallen marines.?They would have pictures of them in Fallujah smoking a cigarette with their brothers in arms.?And on the pictures it said Rest In Peace.?They would have their gear that they wore also in that glass case on the wall.?Looking at it, it touched me.?MadThen I remember I met Cpl. Timothy Jeffers.?He had got blown up in Iraq.?He Lost both his legs, his right ring finger, an eye, and half his skull is made out of plastic.?This man here had the best sense of humor I have seen out of anyone.?For going thru what he did, he still smiles.?He still jokes around.?I can honestly say if that had happened to me I wouldnt be smiling or joking around.?I would be in a constant state of depression.?Learning from their experiences taught me to enjoy life.?Take nothing for granted because you may not be able to see/do it ever again.??Being around them also?made me grow up a little bit more.?They were all Grunts in the Marines.??I?m from the Air Wing side of things.?Common sense seems to flow from them a little?more than it does in the wing.?I appreciate all that I learned from them.?Everything there in that wounded warriors battalion made me snap out of whatever dream I was in and realize the type of business that I am involved in.?Somewhere I forgot that.?Not again will I forget.Well once again it is time for me to go to the gym.??
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