excerpt from a Be A Man sequel
As I thought about that day, I knew preparing for my speech had my mind all over the place. My wife stood by my side through thick and thin. I always wondered how our lives would have turned out if I had not asked her to marry me a second time. Rachelle called me the most persistent person she had ever met. First, young and dumb, I only wanted to be right. As I grew older, I grew wiser. Her father’s two words to me on the day he gave me his daughter: Be ready, always. I wasn’t sure what that meant until the evening. Be ready, stay ready. That was my motto.
I was a warrior. For eight years, this warrior had to grow into a man without a father in a new world. Challenging a warrior’s spirit in battle isn’t effective. It’s put to test during their training or practice for that battle. When I explained this to Rachelle, she stated my entire life has been like one big training session. She was right. As a warrior, my spirit got challenged daily. At an early age, I fought to prove that I was not weak and proved my worth. As time grew longer for me, I grew wiser and stronger than my peers. Rachelle and Tommy called me a leader. I didn’t want to be that. I just wanted to have a stronger spirit than everyone else. Focusing on what was important to me and my future, my plans in my teenage years for my future, were strategies of legends.
After all these years, she no longer stared in the mirror for minutes on end. Because she had so many responsibilities, Rachelle learned to value her time better. Her responsibilities had nothing to do with me but with everyone around us. Rachelle learned the mirror was her crutch. No need to carry a crutch around when both legs work perfectly. As the way she carried life around, our life together was much changed. I wanted the best for her. That’s why I slept little and learned so much to be the best I could be. She inspired me to do so much. This is one of several people in my life I didn’t want to let down.
Be A Man Universe 