Category Archives: Father

My son can walk

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Gabriel...

My son can walk, and he’s pretty good, so it must must come from his mom, because I’ve got about three different limps. It’s incredible to watch as he confidently throws a leg out, his thigh parallel to the ground … Continue reading →

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How Do I Succeed As A Father If My Examples Always Failed Me Spectacularly

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Gabriel...

‘You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even … Continue reading →

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My search to find the capital F in father

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Gabriel...

‘Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.’ “On Children”, ‘The … Continue reading →

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The State Of My Mental Health

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Gabriel...

“They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said ‘no, no, no.’ Yes, I been black, but when I come back, you’ll know, know know.” Honestly, in retrospect, only Amy Winehouse will ever own that song. Well, the … Continue reading →

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Today I Have My Own Name

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Gabriel...

“In memories there is no blood. No sound. Just vague, half-blurred remembrances that may, or may not be concealing something else. The mind is a sieve. Only fragments remain of hopes, loves, fears, hates and desires. Pictures fade. The only … Continue reading →

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Setting Fire To My Father’s Paper Trail

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Gabriel...

“…my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family…. The truth is pretty simple, however, my father told lies that corrupted and nearly killed … Continue reading →

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