Dear Diary—Part 1

I always kept my life private for many reasons. One of those reasons is because I wanted to protect my kids from being penalized for my decision making. To the public’s eyes, they may assume some of the choices I make are bad, but only I know the difficulties placed on my life due to the charges I did time for 20 years ago. From my vantage point, survival is step 1 of my daily life; because if I can’t do that, then I can’t do shit else. Anyways, I said that to say this… I also knew there would be a time period where my private life would need to be public in order for my testimony to be valid. My faith doesn’t waiver, and I’ve never cared about the criticism of the world. Every human has problems, and things that could open them up for criticism. Anyways— I called this site OnlyDiary because I knew I would need a safe space to share my journey and most private details. I couldn’t risk sharing it on someone’s social network only for them to decide how many people I reach, or decide that my page gets shut down randomly or mid growth. If you’re reading this, put your seat belt on— I’m about to take you on an unforgettable journey. I pray that this journey doesn’t just entertain, but encourage, teach, heal; and that the ground breaks to allow my personal growth the ability to take place simultaneously. #Bawss