Reaching out...

Within the last month, the Brown family members (my sisters and brothers primarily in GA and SC) have received a letter from me. If even one of you responds to me via e-mail or snail mail, I will be ecstatic. But while I hate to admit it, I am also very fragile regarding any issues dealing with my paternal family and the recognition I have sought all my life from all of you (James Brown's family). I have always been torn-up about missing out on connecting with my now deceased father and my half-siblings from my biological father's side of the family. I am very intelligent and strong, but also simultaneously an emotional mess over my struggles to be acknowledged and recognized by my dad's family.

And those in my life, love me for me and most times, in spite of me. They know the rough side, the soft side, the crazy side and the sane side etc. When you consider what I have endured, my look reflects what I have been through. I will truly be whole soon and no longer feel like I am on the outside looking in on my own family.

Writing those letters took a lot out of me. I guess it has been God's plan for this to play out as it has. And I have looked to my Higher Power for the strength to cope.

Pllease write me or e-mail me @ Bakari9768@yahoo.com. Bakari is my preferred name, and I chose it because it means "Blessed".

Holla at me soon!