So the story goes I was born at 8:57pm on a Wednesday night 42 years ago. Mom was having complications early out and they put her on bedrest for a while but everything turned out cool and she was mopping the floors and felt that it was time. She called my father at work and then panic ensued LOL!!! She said my dad was a nervous wreck. He came home and picked her up and off they went to the hospital. Now when my mom is telling this story she always says when she first met my dad and they started getting serious she told him she had a hysterectomy. Now why would she tell this man that bold faced lie? Well because she had G for a child and he was a straight up demon child. My grandmother’s nickname for him was demon because he was just hellacious!!! So when my father was speaking with my grandmother he mentioned the hysterectomy and my granny was like, “Donald she didn’t have no hysterectomy.” My dad was looking like What you talkin’ bout Willis?

So my mom had to fess up that nope she didn’t have a physical hysterectomy but in her mind she had one because she did not under any circumstances want any more children. No way, no how, she wasn’t doing it. G was more than enough and she couldn’t handle another child that was anything like him. Sucks to be G huh? Anyways dad pleaded with her to have a baby and after months of saying that I would be the sweetest baby on earth and that he would be there to take care of me from the moment of conception til he took his last breath, she finally agreed.

Back to delivery day dad was itching to get the hell outta dodge LOL!!! He was sooooo nervous in the hospital with my mom. G was downstairs in the waiting room and my dad kept saying he had to check on G, he had to check on G. Mom just gave him the Brown look and was like dude you promised you’d be here for this crap. She actually didn’t use those words but you kinda get the drift, right

Mom was in full labor and dad was backing out of the room trying not to be noticed. Imagine the shock on the nurses face when my dad backed up into the closet thinking he was leaving out of the room. He stayed in there for a bit too then the nurse looked at my mom and my mom just shook her head like what a fool!!! He eventually popped his head out of the closet and dashed the hell outta the room stating he would be back. He went to take G to my grandmother’s house and by that time mom had delivered me. The doc called my dad at my grandmother’s house and he was elated. Mom on the other hand was ticked off!!! She didn’t want the doctor to tell my dad anything LOL!!!!

Once dad got back to the hospital he couldn’t take his eyes off of me. Now my mom had me on the 2nd of April but two of her friends also delivered on the 1st of April, both having girls too at the same hospital and my dad and one of the other dads were talking in front of the nursery. My dad was like she is soooo beautiful but I think they gave me the wrong child. Picture me a little bitty ass baby that was light bright and damn near white and my dad was a nice chocolate brown, brown skinned man. The other dad was light bright and he told my dad that I would darken up and of course I did LOL!!!!

When he got to the room my mom was in he was kissing all over her and exclaiming how precious his daughter was and how gorgeous I was. Mom took a look at me in the bassinette and said, “Oh lawd that’s that same little high yella baby” and she turned her head away like take that thang away from me I needs some sleep. I told her see that’s why we never bonded until I turned 18!!! I was a daddy’s girl through and through and mom, eh she was aiight.

All this to say it’s my birthday, bornday, whatever you want to call it and I’m so blessed to have a chance to live life again. I’m so much happier and healthier than I was a year ago and I owe it all to God.

Go Bunny it’s ya burfday, go Bunny it’s ya burfday!!

Gotta run now my friend is taking me to a gospel concert tonight!! Yea!!!