It is the other in your brother that makes the ‘hood interesting. Spices from the window, music in the air, all the names of God in dialects. What the missing fathers miss we are to
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Favorite Place I’ve Never Been
The emptiness is always there, just beneath the surface. Never the focus, rarely mentioned, but ever present. But twice a year, I allow myself to feel it, raw and unfiltered. November 15th is one of
Read moreA Fatherless Journey: A Walk Down No Memory Lane
Dear Daddy, I did it again tonight. I went looking for you. Well, at least the faint outlines of your footprints. I found the street you used to live on and tried to figure out
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May 7, 1967 – Corinth, Mississippi- day I was born November 15, 1967 – Memphis, Tennessee – the day Daddy died January 23, 1985 – Crystal Faith Grimes 5:37 a.m.- time she was born 6
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