Peace everyone! So, I was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was then adopted when I was four months old dues to my biological mother becoming a victim of drugs, alcohol, and mental illness like so many people out there. I hold no grudges towards her, in fact, I’m thankful to her now because without her I would have never met my most beautiful adoptive mother, sisters and brothers that I have today ( my mom passed over in 2000).
When I was four years old we moved to the Arizona desert where for a kid life was fun and happy. Our neighbors were coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, rattle snakes, and all of the so many different types of creepy crawlers (smile). There were 21 family members at that time: my mom, my grandma, and 19 of us brothers and sisters. So to feed us, my mom came up with a plan to live on a farm; we had chickens, pigs, rabbits, goats, geese, ducks, cows, horses and a plethora of cats and dogs which were not on the menu for eating (smile).
However, us children kind of ruined my mom’s plans because whenever she brought animals to us, we fell in love with them and gave them their own individual names; so it was pretty much impossible to kill and eat Lightning and Thunder the spotted brother and sister goat duo, or Fluffy the Snow White bunny rabbit right? (smile)
Anyway, we moved back to Massachusetts and stayed in Malden for a year where I excelled in track & field, high jump and football and eventually moved to Everett the next town over. At Everett High School my grades were exceptionally horrible and I could never get eligible to play football or join track & field, and because the basketball season started at the beginning of the school year I was eligible to play because there were no report cards due for like three months, so I played and I was really good at basketball.
As a freshman I started on the Varsity Squad which brought me a lot of distraction in the form of girls. They loved me, and I loved them right back! I was the man in high school except I was really shy and kept to myself. Looking back on it, some people may have thought that I was too into myself, but the truth is that I was just an introvert, and a person who was just really shy.
But then I was introduced to Marijuana and alcohol! I was like doctor Jekyll, but put a bit of Marijuana and alcohol in me I turned into Mr. Hyde, hell, I literally became the life of the party. All of a sudden I felt so good, being able to express myself and feel open and free to people when I was intoxicated, in a way that I never had when I wasn’t intoxicated. And I loved it! I loved the new me! Unfortunately the new me met other people who not only liked being intoxicated but who also liked and taught me how to break the law. For me it was like a package deal kind of game and I totally lost at it eventually, and have been in here now for more than half of my life.
Losing all this time in my life isn’t the downfall that I’m stuck on. It’s the fact that losing many years of my life has caused the taking, hurting, and the disruption of the lives of many innocent people and their loved ones and families. I hate that I’ve done this to other human beings and maybe someday I’ll be able to apologize to then and ask them for forgiveness from the bottom to the top of my heart because I now know and realize the trauma that I have caused and am responsible for.
Thanks to the many programs and classes that I have since attended and completed I have a much clearer understanding and outlook on life and just how precious it really is. I’m also happy to say that aside from one time, I have been clean and sober for 33 years now (smile) … Thank you God.
I enjoy practicing and studying some of many religions and spiritualities so long as they do not infringe upon another person’s natural born rights to be completely free to do and think as they please. I even have a PHD and Master’s Degree in religion and a degree in Metaphysics from the Universal Life Church in Modesto, California. Right now I’m in the process of attending another religious correspondence course from Crossroads Prison Ministries for the purpose of attaining additional certifications. I’m also in the process of attending and attaining a Paralegal Certification from Blackstone Career Institute so that I can get a decent paying job and earn an honest wage, maybe become a lawyer and have something that my family can be proud of me about.
I also enjoy music! I’ve played in several bands in the past which is pretty good for someone who has taught himself how to play by ear, right? I play the guitar, the bass, and the drums quite acceptably, and I can play the piano or keyboard but my skills are not as proficient as the other instruments. Oh yea, I can also hold a pretty good vocal note as well.
Teaching is something I also plan on doing; I used to charge other prisoners $200 with the promise that I will trach them how to play guitar and that within 30 days they will be able to play and write their own song or else I would give them their money back; needless to say, I have never had to return any money, so I’m really looking forward to teaching people how to play when I get home.
So here’s a few questions for you. Where are you from? What do you look like? Your favorite movie? Favorite genre of music? Your favorite song?
In closing I would just like to say that I haven’t been out in the free world for over three decades, and I’m totally in need of needing other people in my life, of needing a helping hand, and normally my old self could not ask for help due to how big my pride/ego was, but I’ve learned that it’s okay to be open with people, that it’s okay to ask for help.
So if you’re interested in getting to know me, please go to JPay.com or download the JPay mobile app and use my information listed below to set up an email account to my personal tablet to ensure quick and reliable communication; or just writ me a letter and send it directly to me at the address below; or leave your message in the message box on this page.
I leave you as I greeted you … in Peace.
