In the beginning of my 8th grade year my mother moved our family to Minnesota without her husband at the time. The man of our house was in prison, which wasn’t the first or last time that he was there. Minnesota was for the better in my mother’s eyes because she had more opportunities there [...]
3/16/2010, Chicago, 1963 Grandfather left Arkansas and found work in a paper factory. He rented a small apartment on Chicago’s west side. He sent for us in 1963: Grandmother, my aunts Betty and Ida, and me. Houses and apartment buildings; jammed together. Constant street noise from traffic and the conversations of thousands of people. No [...]
According to the reports and statistics from the media, we live in a recession and about 10.4% of Americans are unemployed. It’s not surprising when you think about, if I had to make a guess I would think that a majority of those unemployed Americans weren’t satisfied with their jobs to begin with. It was [...]
A child without guidance is like a baby duck without its mother; he or she will not be guided in the right direction. I was that child without guidance. I was left to learn, which turned out to be the hard way. Crime and negativity surrounded me. Being a child, I figured this was life. [...]
Minneapolis, 3/9/2010 In December of 2009 a friend asked me to speak to group of successful business people on the origins of Osiris Organization at his Wednesday morning group he had just joined. Oddly enough, recalling memories, mainly about my grandfather, my speech preparation set in motion introspective thoughts about my early life. Reflections during [...]
