Baby Faisal......

My unborn baby Faisal has turned 6 this weekend and it completely slipped my mind.  He is the dream baby. 

Happy birthday, sweetheart.  I don't want to wish you were here because I am not settled yet and I still am not able to provide you with a good life, a better one than what I had.

Last year I wrote a letter to my unborn children.  Check it out here .
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"Quote" a letter to my unborn child

my promise-wrapped potential,

my son. I want you to come into the world with big hands. I want you to enter the world with people in your palms. nothing will be too big for you to grasp because I love you. prejudice and apprehension will be mere roaches on the ground for you to step on towards success. your skin color is not a burden son, but instead a metal of honor & a medal of honor . . . please wear it as such. Embrace Black because it's more valuable than you think. I want you to crush the fear of failure with your thumb. with the other four fingers, I want you to help others when they have fallen. you can do this because I love you.

my son. I don't care what your passion is in life. you can be a movie director, a doctor, a photographer, a writer, a garbage man, electrician, advertiser, artist, politician, chef, teacher, cure cancer, legalize marijuana, or start your own clothing line. the only thing you cannot be is a fool. know that knowledge is the key to wisdom, and wisdom is the key to contentment. sigh. I WILL give your first three girlfriends a hard time ... because by the fourth, there is a chance that you JUST might get it right. no one will be good enough for my little boy upfront. I will embarrass you with some childhood nickname, but I hope it will humble you lol. I'll probably scream terribly loud at any of your sports events & make you blush when I send your dad to talk to you about sex [the ins & outs & in betweens]. I want you to take the world by storm ... because I love you.

you will treat women with respect. you will remember that every girl is someone's daughter. me and your dad will show you how to treat women because that is the backbone to a man's compassion, a man's heart. I'm sure you will go through your 'player stage' and stick your chest out when you get facial hair. ill laugh. oh, I want you to lose your sense of time. chivalry is the undying element of the earth and no 'trends' or 'fads' will stop you from being an individual. mamma didn't raise no follower! you won't be here until many MANY years from now (lol) but ultimately, I'll make sure that your soul is tattooed with a sense . . . of h u m a n i t y for the world. you will take responsibility for your place in the world as a Black man because I love you. because I love you already.

you will probably hear me and your father arguing when you're an infant, but we love each other. don't worry, it's just that neither one of us want to wake up at 4am to change your diaper :)

 

 " Ünquote"

Till we meet again,
Sedeso