I pack about four boxes of clothes for Zion that I am going to put in the basement of the building as I have more than enough room to keep them in there.
I Was talking to Danny about this case and how I did what my uncles askes of me. MY Uncle Haymon and Mickey ask me to love and take care of Zion as if he was my son and that is what I did.
It is a fact that I did not want Zion. It is a fact that when Danny asked me about adoption Zion, I told her and everyone in my family NO! As I believe that you do not take on anyone’s troubles and Joyce laid down and had him. So it was her job to take care of him.
Now, if Joyce was in my life or I had known who she was before I was asked to give her $500 to have an abortion, I would have done it. I do not think that we (black) should bring children into this world that we cannot take care of.
It is also well known that when we took in Zion in 2006, we had the money to do it. It was also well known that Danny and the children were going to love him as he was from us. The one person that people had a question about was me. Was I going to accept him as my son or was I going to look at him as someone that was in my house?
But from day one I took on the job of being a father to him. I took him to all his Dr. appt, and I took him to and from school.
I have never told anyone that Zion was from us as if anyone asks, I told them the truth. We have always told Zion how he came into our life.
It was one day he and I were talking, and he told me, Dad, you and mom, are all that I know. He knew that I was not his father by birth, but he also knew that I loved him with all that I had. He knew that if he needed anything in life, he could count on me. Zion knew that if no one else told him yes, he could call dad and ask me for it.
When he would get new friends at school or talk to anyone, he told them that I was his dad, and that is why to me he is my son. Joyce was 14 when she got knocked up with Zion, and it was due to her running away from her mom house because her mom was dirt poor.
They lived in a small section 8 place (as her mom never had a job, she got SSI and was on food stamps. They had no money, but that was life. It is wild as history is always going to repeat itself, as now Zion is living that same life. The last time he talks to Danny, he told her mom they are Poor there!
When Zion left, it feels like he died. As all that he had is still here; I box up his Tv, his games and his laptop as if he is never coming back. I feel for Zion as I know that life for him is never going to be the same.
That young man that love baseball is not going to play it. That young man that wanted to go to JSU will not see that dream come true. That young man that wanted to be an Alpha like his dad will never cross the burning sands.
Now, you might ask me how do I know that he will not do these things? Well, easy I am not a fool; how in the hell can Joyce afford it. It cost about $2k a year to play baseball. The cost to go to JSU cost about $30k. Just for Zion to take driver ed cost $500; I can go on and on. As those of us that have put children through all these things know and understand what the price is to bring a child up. And it is much harder to bring a black one.
I have to say that last year I was going to Africa for my 50th bday. It was cancel due to the fact that I had to go to court due to Joyce. I lost a lot of money on that trip. I have spent money after money in court fighting to get Zion back, and the sad part about all this is that Joyce thinks she won.
In her mind, she thinks this is a game. Joyce does not get it; she has Zion due to only one reason and only one. A white Judge and a White GAL both hated my black ass that much that they gave Zion to her.
I know her grandfather is turning in his grave as this man would hit the roof if he were alive to see this. My family taught me one thing, never to give up. He was the one that taught me how to swim when he tossed me into the pool and told me to swim or sink. He was the one that was fighting for black people with Jesse and having his granddaughter let two racists destroy his grandson would kill him.
So, in the end, this was not a game, it was not a joke, and it was not about Zion, it was not even about Joyce. This case was about Danny and me trying to make sure that another young black boy does not end up in Jail, or dead.
I was talking to my Frat, and he was telling me that he takes his hat off to me, as I have put three children in the position to be all that they want to be. I have got two out of Jackson State, and soon to be Two thought their master, and I pray for the 3rd one in three years.
I will be the first one in my family to get my Ph.D. and I pray that my daughter and oldest son are 2nd and 3rd. You can hate me for what I say, you can hate me just to hate me, but you must respect me as a Dad!
Danny told me that she asks Joyce to let Zion fly to Memphis to spend time at the house there. She still thinks that Joyce will do what is right for Zion. I do not live in that world, I know better; I know that she was so jealous of Zion and the life he had, that for her it is better to see the child she loves suffers as I pack about four boxes of clothes for Zion that I am going to put in the basement of the building as I have more than enough room to keep them in there.
I Was talking to Danny about this case and how I did what my uncles askes of me. MY Uncle Haymon and Mickey ask me to love and take care of Zion as if he was my son and that is what I did.
It is a fact that I did not want Zion. It is a fact that when Danny asked me about adoption Zion, I told her and everyone in my family NO! As I believe that you do not take on anyone’s troubles and Joyce laid down and had him. So it was her job to take care of him.
Now, if Joyce was in my life or I had known who she was before I was asked to give her $500 to have an abortion, I would have done it. I do not think that we (black) should bring children into this world that we cannot take care of.
It is also well known that when we took in Zion in 2006, we had the money to do it. It was also well known that Danny and the children were going to love him as he was from us. The one person that people had a question about was me. Was I going to accept him as my son or was I going to look at him as someone that was in my house?
But from day one I took on the job of being a father to him. I took him to all his Dr. appt, and I took him to and from school.
I have never told anyone that Zion was from us as if anyone asks, I told them the truth. We have always told Zion how he came into our life.
It was one day he and I were talking, and he told me, Dad, you and mom, are all that I know. He knew that I was not his father by birth, but he also knew that I loved him with all that I had. He knew that if he needed anything in life, he could count on me. Zion knew that if no one else told him yes, he could call dad and ask me for it.
When he would get new friends at school or talk to anyone, he told them that I was his dad, and that is why to me he is my son. Joyce was 14 when she got knocked up with Zion, and it was due to her running away from her mom house because her mom was dirt poor.
They lived in a small section 8 place (as her mom never had a job, she got SSI and was on food stamps. They had no money, but that was life. It is wild as history is always going to repeat itself, as now Zion is living that same life. The last time he talks to Danny, he told her mom they are Poor there!
When Zion left, it feels like he died. As all that he had is still here; I box up his Tv, his games and his laptop as if he is never coming back. I feel for Zion as I know that life for him is never going to be the same.
That young man that love baseball is not going to play it. That young man that wanted to go to JSU will not see that dream come true. That young man that wanted to be an Alpha like his dad will never cross the burning sands.
Now, you might ask me how do I know that he will not do these things? Well, easy I am not a fool; how in the hell can Joyce afford it. It cost about $2k a year to play baseball. The cost to go to JSU cost about $30k. Just for Zion to take driver ed cost $500; I can go on and on. As those of us that have put children through all these things know and understand what the price is to bring a child up. And it is much harder to bring a black one.
I have to say that last year I was going to Africa for my 50th bday. It was cancel due to the fact that I had to go to court due to Joyce. I lost a lot of money on that trip. I have spent money after money in court fighting to get Zion back, and the sad part about all this is that Joyce thinks she won.
In her mind, she thinks this is a game. Joyce does not get it; she has Zion due to only one reason and only one. A white Judge and a White GAL both hated my black ass that much that they gave Zion to her.
I know her grandfather is turning in his grave as this man would hit the roof if he were alive to see this. My family taught me one thing, never to give up. He was the one that taught me how to swim when he tossed me into the pool and told me to swim or sink. He was the one that was fighting for black people with Jesse and having his granddaughter let two racists destroy his grandson would kill him.
So, in the end, this was not a game, it was not a joke, and it was not about Zion, it was not even about Joyce. This case was about Danny and me trying to make sure that another young black boy does not end up in Jail, or dead.
I was talking to my Frat, and he was telling me that he takes his hat off to me, as I have put three children in the position to be all that they want to be. I have got two out of Jackson State, and soon to be Two thought their master, and I pray for the 3rd one in three years.
I will be the first one in my family to get my Ph.D. and I pray that my daughter and oldest son are 2nd and 3rd. You can hate me for what I say, you can hate me just to hate me, but you must respect me as a Dad!
Danny told me that she asks Joyce to let Zion fly to Memphis to spend time at the house there. She still thinks that Joyce will do what is right for Zion. I do not live in that world, I know better; I know that she was so jealous of Zion and the life he had, that for her it is better to see the child she loves suffers as she did.
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