We're all just having a human experience and like many of you, I've been through A LOT. Without going into too much detail, I'm honestly shocked that I'm still alive; if for no other reason than I grew up in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Atlanta and got into everything that I shouldn't have all before I was old enough to smoke or drink. If it could be done, I probably did it and was proud of it at the time. When my daughter was born, though, it was as if I had been reborn. My life took on new meaning and in as much as I had given her life, she had saved mine the moment she took her first breath. This became especially true once I became a full time single father. It was just the two of us against the world. She is my purpose and it is my duty to protect my purpose. She saved me and she continues to do so every single day.