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Have you ever seen something extremely negative about to occur...and it is inevitable. There is nothing you can do to stop it so you are either forced to get out of the way and be a bystander/spectator to a train wreck or throw yourself in front of the train in an attempt to stop it?
I haven't been on NT as much lately (partly because of bans/partly because I have been immersed with work/moving and my two charitable organizations in my local communities:
Shots For Single Moms
-Which is a non-profit organization aimed at lending a hand to Single Mothers and Children in need and providing assistance/education/information/events that can help in a positive/productive manner.
Shots For Single Moms
Naji Said Abdelilah
-Which is a non-profit organization aimed at providing Awareness/Education/Prevention/Assistance to the growing epidemic of Prescription Pain Medication Misuse/Abuse. My older Brother Naji passed away on 112202 of an accidental overdose of Oxycotin after being exposed or put on to the drug as a form of payment for a debt that was owed.
Naji Said Abdelilah
I have been grinding and pulling all nighters, networking, hitting the streets, promoting, speaking, conference calls, event planning, coaching, etc. You name it. I am running on fumes at the moment, but have tried to still come on NT and update my Govt Jobs thread and respond to a plethora of PMs and Gmails/Gchats to help out.
The bottom line is I could use the support of my "Home" away from Home for the last 13 years. I know some of you guys better than folks I know in real life and family that I grew up with. People make fun of NT and say the community isn't the same with the increase of scammers/trolls/flamers/etc...but I would beg to differ as I have seen NT rally around a cause and do amazing things.
I'm asking and reaching out to you guys for that same support:
Meet Christian:
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He is now 6 years old and I have been raising him since he was 14 months old, so it has been 5 years this month since I met him.
His Mother and I have dated on/off since we met back in May 2008:
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The lack of stability can be attributed to many factors, but that is a different story for a different day.
This final separation occurred back in December after his 6th Birthday and right before Christmas as the result of an ultimatum she gave me to propose to her during the Holiday Season (mainly to keep up with her Sister/Friends) and have another child before the Summer (which was mathematically impossible, but that's not important right?).
Her Brother:
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Who is a nice guy and a friend of mine...but also a Heroine/Prescription Drug Addict has done his best to allow an addiction to ruin his family's life and well-being for the last 8 years. He finally came clean and admitted to me of all people that he was a user back in 2010 and it was quite the shock as he had told us all that he had diabetes and I knew he smoked and drank a little a bit, but I wasn't that close to him. It all made sense then...the missing jewelry (he stole rings, necklaces that my old lady and I thought she lost or her son misplaced), my missing cell phones, etc. He stole over 200K worth of things from Me, Her, and the rest of her family. It was finally too much in 2011 and they called the police on him. 60 something Felonies later, this lucky guy gets out after only a year and four months. I don't think that was enough time as he wrote me from jail two months ago asking for a couple hundred dollars, (this is after a year of not hearing from him and he never responded to my initial letters).
I left in December because the family is toxic and I refuse to bring another child into that mess of an extended family with a mother who is always using the Bible and that BS to manipulate/control her daughter and get money from her, an older jealous sister who is bitter that the younger sister with a child found a better man than she did, and an addict Brother who stole all the money from Christian's piggyback and thought leaving used needles in his bed was cool.
I took a new job in Sacramento, CA to just leave this mess behind and wash my hands with it...but I can't do that without feeling a certain way about my little man because he is too young to decide or make choices that will drastically affect him. The Brother got out sooner than anyone thought and is back doing the same old same old. He was going to live in our third/spare bedroom and I thought that was a bad idea. Now that I left though, it's not my place to pass judgement or make those calls. Her pride/arrogance and blind loyalty to her PR family will be the downfall of her son.
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Outside of any care packages I can send and I am even friends with Christian's Father and he is a nice/cool guy...but let's just say he is sorely lacking in the maturity/care/passionate/ambition/responsible department.
This is what I get and I know what I could do, but....I can do everything, but what she wanted...be with her. I can't do that.
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I haven't been on NT as much lately (partly because of bans/partly because I have been immersed with work/moving and my two charitable organizations in my local communities:
Shots For Single Moms
-Which is a non-profit organization aimed at lending a hand to Single Mothers and Children in need and providing assistance/education/information/events that can help in a positive/productive manner.
Shots For Single Moms
Naji Said Abdelilah
-Which is a non-profit organization aimed at providing Awareness/Education/Prevention/Assistance to the growing epidemic of Prescription Pain Medication Misuse/Abuse. My older Brother Naji passed away on 112202 of an accidental overdose of Oxycotin after being exposed or put on to the drug as a form of payment for a debt that was owed.
Naji Said Abdelilah
I have been grinding and pulling all nighters, networking, hitting the streets, promoting, speaking, conference calls, event planning, coaching, etc. You name it. I am running on fumes at the moment, but have tried to still come on NT and update my Govt Jobs thread and respond to a plethora of PMs and Gmails/Gchats to help out.
The bottom line is I could use the support of my "Home" away from Home for the last 13 years. I know some of you guys better than folks I know in real life and family that I grew up with. People make fun of NT and say the community isn't the same with the increase of scammers/trolls/flamers/etc...but I would beg to differ as I have seen NT rally around a cause and do amazing things.
I'm asking and reaching out to you guys for that same support:
Meet Christian:
View media item 450839
View media item 450840
View media item 450842
He is now 6 years old and I have been raising him since he was 14 months old, so it has been 5 years this month since I met him.
His Mother and I have dated on/off since we met back in May 2008:
View media item 349215
The lack of stability can be attributed to many factors, but that is a different story for a different day.
This final separation occurred back in December after his 6th Birthday and right before Christmas as the result of an ultimatum she gave me to propose to her during the Holiday Season (mainly to keep up with her Sister/Friends) and have another child before the Summer (which was mathematically impossible, but that's not important right?).
Her Brother:
View media item 450844
Who is a nice guy and a friend of mine...but also a Heroine/Prescription Drug Addict has done his best to allow an addiction to ruin his family's life and well-being for the last 8 years. He finally came clean and admitted to me of all people that he was a user back in 2010 and it was quite the shock as he had told us all that he had diabetes and I knew he smoked and drank a little a bit, but I wasn't that close to him. It all made sense then...the missing jewelry (he stole rings, necklaces that my old lady and I thought she lost or her son misplaced), my missing cell phones, etc. He stole over 200K worth of things from Me, Her, and the rest of her family. It was finally too much in 2011 and they called the police on him. 60 something Felonies later, this lucky guy gets out after only a year and four months. I don't think that was enough time as he wrote me from jail two months ago asking for a couple hundred dollars, (this is after a year of not hearing from him and he never responded to my initial letters).
I left in December because the family is toxic and I refuse to bring another child into that mess of an extended family with a mother who is always using the Bible and that BS to manipulate/control her daughter and get money from her, an older jealous sister who is bitter that the younger sister with a child found a better man than she did, and an addict Brother who stole all the money from Christian's piggyback and thought leaving used needles in his bed was cool.
I took a new job in Sacramento, CA to just leave this mess behind and wash my hands with it...but I can't do that without feeling a certain way about my little man because he is too young to decide or make choices that will drastically affect him. The Brother got out sooner than anyone thought and is back doing the same old same old. He was going to live in our third/spare bedroom and I thought that was a bad idea. Now that I left though, it's not my place to pass judgement or make those calls. Her pride/arrogance and blind loyalty to her PR family will be the downfall of her son.
View media item 450859
Outside of any care packages I can send and I am even friends with Christian's Father and he is a nice/cool guy...but let's just say he is sorely lacking in the maturity/care/passionate/ambition/responsible department.
This is what I get and I know what I could do, but....I can do everything, but what she wanted...be with her. I can't do that.
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