Family Update

Our family Update...

Lacey: lives with the love of her life and has two beautiful children. She's a stay at home momma who rocks homeschooling her preschooler. Lucas is almost 4 years old and loves being naked. He loves trucks and trains. Lana is 8 months old and is so wickedly fat. She loves to giggle and gives the best hugs.

Alexander: works full time as a shift lead at UDF. He helps with the family household and helped Chris and I get our family van. Alex likes to play video games like San Andres and Call of Duty and he also loves funny clips on YouTube.

Katelynn: works at KFC and with the help of her boyfriend they raise their son Christopher or Biggie as we call him. He's a doll baby he is. He has an imagination that blows me away. He loves music, dancing and hanging with Pawpaw.

Emma: is weeks away from getting her diploma and works with her grandpa on the side. She loves to take walks and enjoys being in nature. Emma is an old soul who shows compassion in everything she does. I can't wait TV to see what she brings to the table next year.

Chris & Jette: We work Grubhub and Doordash part time. Delivering food is actually fun. We love our city and love doing what we do.

2018 is gonna rock!

Family Update

First let me start by saying I hope that you have a most wonderful Christmas and happy new year. I hope that the new year brings you happiness and joy. Wealth and beauty.

I going to start with the youngest this time. Emma Jane is officially an adult. 18!!! She is concentrating on graduating high school and beginning a fresh start in the new year. She loves her friends and family and backs them to no end. She is bright and smart as a whip. She's funny and considerate of others feeling. She wears her emotions on the outside, so you always know how she's feeling. She still wants to have a career with animals and/or food. 

Katelynn has completely amazed us all. She has been the most wonderful mother to Christopher Alexander Michael (Cam for short). She is also a tentative and loving girlfriend to Collin. Katey knows how to manage being a working adult and caring mother like a champ. I admire her determination and drive. When she wants something, nothing can get in her way. 

Alexander works full time and helps provide for his family. He has taken it upon himself to make sure that his mother and father are taken care of. He very rarely concerns himself with trivial matters and worries more about the people he loves. He loves taking naps and playing video games in his spare time. He's always there to help with taking out the dogs or doing the dishes. Major trooper.

Lacey is expecting a new little one next year. Lucas is going like a weed. Lacey is very much into DIY projects and homemade dinners. Lucas loves trains and trucks. Both are sensitive and loving. Both are one and the same. He might look more like his granpa Beastie but he's all his momma. Caring and respectful. 

Chris and Jette have had a whirl wind of a year. Adding a new grandchild to the mix, watching everyone grow up into awesome adults and being a family is all that matters. 

NYC

At this moment in time I want to be in NYC. I don't know why, it's just something I feel. I want to watch the colors change on the trees in Central Park. I want to walk in the park and see the same trees my family played around. I want to walk down the cobblestone streets and sneak into a little diner. I want to order a cup-o-joe and Ruben on rye. I want to feel closer to my grandfather and uncle. I want to sense them and absorb their wisdom of Hells Kitchen. I want to be one with my home away from home. Eat the same foods. See the generations of family's who never left. Feel what they feel. Smell what they smell. Twenty years ago I lived in the Bronx and worked in Manhattan. 49th and Lex. Local YMHA. Don't know if it's still there, but golly I sure hope so.

RIP

I just found out that a young man I've known since he was a young teenager has passed away due to a heroin overdose. He left behind two children. This is hitting close to home. I knew this kid. He was a good kid....when I knew him. I wonder what sent him down that path? What happened after we moved that made him give up and do something that could kill you as soon as get you high. My heart breaks for his parents who only had 25 short years with their son. I feel for his children who will have to remember him through pictures and memories. For his friends who loved him so.

Heroin and other street drugs has become a epidemic of huge proportions. Parents please talk to your children about the dangers of hard core drugs. Drugs that hook you as soon as you try it. The drugs that kill you. Teach them young. Teach them early. My mother showed me a video when I was a young teenage about what happens AFTER you die from a heroin overdose. It was horrific. I looked at my mother with tears in my eyes and she said with tears in her eyes "Don't make me shop for you one last time...not for this." I took her seriously and NEVER touched the shit (that's what it is). I don't want to leave my mother, my family and friends in that situation. I love them to much.

I strongly urge each and everyone of you to spread the word about the dangers of serious street drugs. Talk to your children. Show them videos (age appropriate of course). Make them understand what happens not only to them, but to the people around them. What happens when they leave.

My friend is gone. There is nothing I can do about that. However, I will make sure my children understand how much they are loved and appreciated for who they are. Hold them tight. Teach them young and often. Make them understand!

RIP Josh. You will be missed. xoxo

RIP Josh

I just found out that a young man I've known since he was a young teenager has passed away due to a heroin overdose. He left behind two children. This is hitting close to home. I knew this kid. He was a good kid....when I knew him. I wonder what sent him down that path? What happened after we moved that made him give up and do something that could kill you as soon as get you high. My heart breaks for his parents who only had 25 short years with their son. I feel for his children who will have to remember him through pictures and memories. For his friends who loved him so.

Heroin and other street drugs has become a epidemic of huge proportions. Parents please talk to your children about the dangers of hard core drugs. Drugs that hook you as soon as you try it. The drugs that kill you. Teach them young. Teach them early. My mother showed me a video when I was a young teenage about what happens AFTER you die from a heroin overdose. It was horrific. I looked at my mother with tears in my eyes and she said with tears in her eyes "Don't make me shop for you one last time...not for this." I took her seriously and NEVER touched the shit (that's what it is). I don't want to leave my mother, my family and friends in that situation. I love them to much.

I strongly urge each and everyone of you to spread the word about the dangers of serious street drugs. Talk to your children. Show them videos (age appropriate of course). Make them understand what happens not only to them, but to the people around them. What happens when they leave.

My friend is gone. There is nothing I can do about that. However, I will make sure my children understand how much they are loved and appreciated for who they are. Hold them tight. Teach them young and often. Make them understand!

RIP Josh. You will be missed. xoxo