Testimony PT II

THIS WEEK HAS BECOME VERY BUSY..BOUGHT A GAS GRILL...I WAS SKEPTICLE AT FIRST "BEING"...IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE THE FIRE OF MY NEIGHBOR IN BAC OF ME..SHE MADE THE MISTAKE OF LEAVING THE GRILL SHE HAD UP AGAINST HER BACKYARD WALL...WHERE IT STARTED A FIRE..FLAMES WENT EVERYWHERE...WE SMELLED THE SMOKE..STARTED COUGHING OURSELVES...I WAS DEVISTATED TO SAY THE LEAST..AS A RESULT..WE HAD TO PUT THEM UP FOR THREE WEEKS..WHILE GLENDA...THE "MOTHER" STAYED AT HER SISTER'S HOUSE...UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE...YOU KNOW ..THE LORD IS AMAZING...IN LIFE ..WE DO THINGS TO OTHERS...WHERE AS WHEN ONE GOOD TERM DESERVES ANOTHER...WERE THE EXAMPLE OF GOD'S IMFIMITE WISDOM AND STRENGTH...YOU SEE...IT WAS EXACTLY 6 YEARS BEFORE THIS HAPPEN..THAT MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN A ROBBERY..COME TO FIND OUT..IT WAS MY SON WHO ROBBED THEIR HOME...THESE SAME NEIGHBORS..MY CHILDREN GREW UP WITH...HE EMBARRISHED ME SO MUCH...ALL THE NEIGHBORS KNEW ABOUT IT..COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS NATE...NOW...CLEAN..NO MORE DRUGS...NO ALCOHOL....AND OH YEAH...NO STEALING...CLEANED HIS OWN BROTHER AND SISTER'S THING OUT ...AS WELL AS MY STUFF...I WENT THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER WITH HIM FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS..NOW...AT 27...HE'S MY YOUNGEST GROWN MAN..YES I SAID YOUNGEST OF 5 CHILDREN..HE DID SO MUCH DAMAGE IN HIS LIFE...BUT...MY NEIGHBOR GLENDA ...HAS FORGIVEN EVERYTHING HE DID...WE BEEN TOGETHER AS NEIGHBORS FOR 41 YRS..VERY CLOSE...BUT GLENDA KNEW I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THIS PROBLEM..BUT SHE NEVER EXPECTED IT TO GO THAT FAR..MY CHILDREN'S FATHER..WAS MURDERED..IN 91..THERE AFTER..MY SON FLIPPED ON ME...I THANK GOD FOR DA BLESSINGS..I WAS A DIVORCED WOMAN...WHERE I MET THEIR DAD...DRUGS CAME IN2 PLAY..WHERE HE OWED MONEY..OF WHICH...TOOK HIS LIFE..HE WAS SHOT IN DA HEAD..HE WAS MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS...WHERE THEY FOUND HIM LYING IN WATER IN DA BRONX NY...NATE WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD...WHEN WE GOT THE CALL FROM HIS MOTHER..IT WAS A SUNDAY..WE JUST GOT BACK FROM CHURCH..I WAS PREPARING DINNER...WHEN THE PHONE RANG..HIS MOM SAID AND I QUOTE...SHEILA..WE LAST HIM..I REPLIED "WHAT DO U MEAN"? ..LOST HIM...THEY FOUND ANTHONY'S BODY...MY DAUGHTER TAMMY..FAUNTED...FELL DOWN THE BASEMENT STAIRS..HEAD FIRST...I SCREAMED UNTIL MY MOM CAME OUT HER BEDROOM..SAID..WHAT HAPPEN...WE ALL JUST HELD ONE ANOTHER AND I HELD MY CHILDREN SO TIGHT AND CRIED..THESE CHILDREN HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF NEGLIGENCE ON HIS FAMILY'S BEHALF..RAISED MY KIDS WITH THE RESPECT OF LIVING UNDER AUTHORITY...ALWAYS RESPECT YOUR ELDERS...NATE WAS REBELLING FOR YEARS
I WENT THROUGH THERAPY...PROGRAMS..MEETINGS...IT'S BEEN A HARD NUT 2 CRACK...BUT I MADE IT THROUGH WITH FLYING COLORS...GIFTED BY GOD..WHERE...WITHOUT HIM...FAMILY ISSUES WOULD HAVE PLACED ME AWAY RIGHT ALONG WITH MY CHILD..NOW...NATE...MY NEIGHBOR
GLENDA..HER KIDS..MY KIDS ARE THE BEST OF FRIENDS...THEY CALL US FAMILY...AND YES..THE CHURCH BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER..WHERE THE MOTHER..HER TWO DAUGHTERS... TERRY AND SHAYNA...MY DAUGHTER..TAMMY AND MY GRAND KIDS..WERE ALL BAPTIZED ALL IN ONE DAYS CEREMONY...NATE..WELL..IT STILL WORKING ON HIM..BUT HIS RECOVERY CAME WHEN HE LEFT US FOR THOSE 2 YEARS...SCARED STRAIGHT TACTIC...IT WORKED.."PRAISE DA LORD"..
THOUGHT I MENTION...THANK U FOR YOUR TIME...CREATE
"A COMMENTARY"
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON CHANGE...DISCOVERING..THIS TOO SHALL PASS...HOLDS A
VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE DOWN HERE ON EARTH..YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME..BUT U CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF...IT SNEAKS UP FROM BEHIND AND GRABS A HOLD OF U...TAKES 2 STEPS BACK FROM CLIMBING LADDERS OF SUCCESS...2 CRIMINAL NONSENSE...WITH NO EXPLANATION...EXCEPT...I NEEDED DA MONEY...WELL..SO DO I..BUT YOU DON'T SEE ME RIPPIN OFF MY FOLLOWMAN OR WOMAN ..TO GAIN INTEREST.. SO ON AND SO ON AND SO ON...LANDING U IN JAIL 4 TWO YEARS...BEING KEPT ALIVE ..AFTER SOMEONE ASK YOU
FOR YOUR SNEAKERS..U SAY NO..THEN..FIND YOURSELF IN A ALTERCATION...LEAVING MY SON HARDHEADED..WITH BLUNGEON "BLACK AND BLUE EYES" FROM BEING ATTACKED AT NIGHT..WHEN DA LIGHTS WENT OUT...THESE THINGS ARE MAJOR MOHAN...A SIGN..MY SON WORE SCARES FOR 3 WEEKS ..WHILE GOING UP IN THOSE HILLS..ON VISITS...BUT WHEN I LEAVE..U CAN SEE HIS EYES WATERED..EVERY TIME... THAT'S CHANGE WORKING ON RECOVERY..GOD BLESS