Hey everyone
I know that I was supposed to have a vlog but I’m taking this time out to
address the violence in the city. I was really trying not to take it there
because it of course hurts everyone when you hear or see something. So today I
was sitting at my Gramps house and my mom got a call that one of her best
friend’s nephews got killed. I have only seen him a couple of times but I love
her friend to pieces. She is such a genuine person and to know that someone is
hurting and their family member a victim of senseless violence was taken at
such an early age when he had never even began to see what life was about. I
just want to know when does it stop? I am sure that this is going on in a lot
of inner city’s but as a parent myself of only a five year old I worry sick for
not only her but my little brother. At the end of the day we can’t keep our
kids locked up no matter how much we want to. Who is to blame when a lot of
parents to these children are probably working two jobs just to make it from
month to month? Yeah, you have some parents who sit back and don’t say anything
or are not all up in their kids business but you have others who are just as
heart broken when they know that their child is the one behind taking a
innocent life….what are we to do when our babies are simply killing one
another? I used to think that I came from the strictest family on the planet of
earth. My grandmother would call me ten times in one minute but I swear if I
could just kiss and hug her and tell her “Grandma I get it….I understand and
thank you for doing it.” I now know the fear that a parent have when the world
will chew you up and spit you out. We can blame the media but at the end of the
day it’s not their fault. It just hurts me to the core to know that people
simply don’t care about life….it’s sad and frustrating. Our babies are our
future and we’re losing them. Guns aren’t the problem…..not matter how we put
it it’s the people behind the guns. Even my aunt which if you are reading and
know my Auntie Patti she doesn’t play. She will say how she would be all in her
kids business and in all honesty you have to be. With all that she has two sons
who are doing great! I pray for my family safety everyday on their commute to
and from work or school. I was really trying to stay away from writing this but
I just want to know when is enough simply enough? When will it stop? When will
mothers of innocent victims have to stop burying their babies? It’s a mother’s
worse nightmare especially when they are working hard to make sure that their
babies will be better off. I don’t know all the answers but I just want
everyone out there to simply say a prayer because it definitely changes things.
Pray for strength and understanding, for these kids to live and let live, and
for these victims family to heal. Pray over your kids and hug them and love
them tightly….don’t be afraid to be their parent because I am a living witness
that if you are a parent first and friend last you will get better results.
Kids say things but I promise you I commend my grandma, mom, aunts, and uncles
for checking me. I commend them for it all because they loved me and they only
wanted what was best. We have lost too many innocent babies to senseless
killings and it breaks my heart every time I hear it as I know it does yours.
So Chicagoans and anyone else from the inner cities pray….pray that things get
better and that there can become some kind of peace here on earth.
