June 13, 2019 “You’ll Never Walk Alone” Contrary to popular opinion of many in the United States, the real world sport is football and I’m not talking about the one with pig skin where I kicker is the only person who kicks the ball. I’m talking about the football where you primarily use your […]
June 12, 2019 “Full Circle” Yesterday, I shared with you the experience of attending my biological father’s funeral in his hometown in 2005. What I didn’t mention yesterday was that my father’s hometown was St. Louis, Missouri. That’s right, Ronald Burruss—a man I only saw twice in my life—was from St. Louis, Missouri—the same […]
June 11, 2019 “When a Man Dies Alone” Monday, October 10, 2005 was an interesting day. I was a high school English teacher in Bermuda at the time, but on this day I was actually in Huntsville, AL as a senior class chaperone for students who were visiting Oakwood University. I had been on my […]
June 10 “Daddy” Last week, I shared with you a letter I received from my biological father when I was 12 years old. I shared some of the inconsistencies related to the spelling of my name: Ty-Ron, and the intersections between my name and my father “Ronald’s” name. Notice I use the term “father.” Let’s […]
June 7, 2019 “What’s in a Name?” Yesterday, I shared a letter with you that I received from my biological father when I was 12 years old. He was living in the U.S. and I lived in Bermuda. Now remember, this was before facebook, whatsapp and all the other advances in technology that make communicating […]
