It's Been a Long Time...I Shouldn't Have Left You...

With out a dope beat to step to...

I guess I am feeling a little sentimental right now... I feel very lucky to have been given the opportunities I have had in my life. And, I am still able to do the things that I love to do and see the people that I love to see. With that said, as you all may know, I have lost a couple of close friends of mine over the years. Those that I can not see anymore are the subject of this blog.

Nichole, aka Crazy Nikki, aka Hurricane Nikki,
I think of you often. You are always in my thoughts and heart. I will always remember how it felt to laugh so hard that my stomach hurt with you. You were an amazing friend. I miss you like the desert misses the rain. Click on Nichole's name for the official report from the associated press.

Adam,
You were so young, just 21. I can't imagine how it would be if I were to have been shut of from growing at that young of an age. So many life lessons that I still had to have learned and so many things I wish that you could have still done... God bless you always. You were such a good friend. Click on his name for a link to his online guestbook...

Aaliyah,
Thanks for the title to this blog entry. I just watched your video for Rock the Boat... I wonder if you knew that those moments would be the last the camera would have captured for you. What a great life you had to pursue your dream as a performer. How sad....but, I applaud your life and achievements. Click on Aaliyah's name to see those achievements.

I feel compelled to talk about these amazing individuals because their memories live on in me. Life is so completly volatile and fragile and precious. There are so many great things that we take for granted. Let this be a reminder to me and everyone else... Yesterday is history, tommorow is a mystery, and today, is a gift...that's why it's called the present.

Smile, you are alive!!! You have so many opportunities in front of you...

a.p.t.