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Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!
Eighteen years ago today, I gave birth to my 2nd son, al-Malik Glorian Blake and now I sit here wondering – WHERE DID THE TIME GO?????
People would often say, “cherish the moments because they go by fast”. I remember when I just wanted him to sleep through the night…to learn how to walk…to learn how to talk…to learn how to feed himself…to be potty trained…to start school…to get his driver’s license and after all that happened…this is him today ~ an 18 year old mini man!
HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY SON!
The Day We Met
Senior in High School
Friends on Freshman Football Field
First Formal Dance
Officially a licensed driver!
Border’s Book Signing with Spike Lee
Summers in Orlando – Cypress Harbour
King of the Crab Legs
Seafood Smile
Birthday King at 8
Happy and Toothless at 7
Where did the time go?
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He was born way too early – 3 months premature weighing only 2.8 pounds
(1992)
Then he was FIVE – last surgery to repair his esophagus…first solid meal…removal of feeding tube
(1997)
Then he was TEN – struggling in school but surviving…facing all odds..learning new things
(2002)
Then he was FIFTEEN – a teenager…tall and lanky…still unsure of himself
(2007)
Then he was TWENTY – a young man…a high school graduate…first job
(2012)
Today he is TWENTY ONE
(2013)
HE GREW UP WAY TOO FAST!
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TAYAIR ISHMAEL BLAKE !
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Reposting from Mother’s Day 2012
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Reposting from Mother’s Day 2012
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20 years ago today, I gave birth to a 2.5 lb, 3 month preemie who wasn’t supposed to live;
hospitalized until December 1, 1992;
RSV, pneumonia, asthma, respiratory distress;
too many surgeries and out patient procedures to remember;
NICU, PICU, Nurses n Kids
feeding tube inserted until he was five;
speech therapy;
occupational therapy;
Nebulizer, inhalers; Pulseox
Barium Swallows, Xrays, MRI’s
IEPs/Special Education/Mainstreaming
Prayers, Prayers and more Prayers is why he is here today celebrating his 20th birthday.
Happy Birthday Tayair Ishmael Blake
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
THEN
NOW
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- Last years high school graduation – 5.21.11
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYAIR!!!!!!
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REPOSTING FROM 2012
Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- today at 50, I’ve been a mother for almost 20 years
- my grandmother was 50 when I was born, she took me & my sis under her wing at the age of 57 and lived to be 98
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- the parent of a 3 month preemie weighed a mere 2.5 lbs, not sure if he would live or die
- my God is Awesome
- i look in the mirror and see my mother
- bore but did not raise me
- died before I really got to know her
- feared I would have to care for her in her old age
- grandmother said in order to live a long life you have to treat everybody right and pray
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- not a friend but a fierce protector and provider
- mother never saw her grandsons
- a mother of 2 black males – RIP Trayvon
- in the store – keep your hands out of your pockets or they think you are stealing
- don’t lower your eyes
- know your history – never forget where you came from
- work hard
- no fear
- believe and achieve
- no drinking drugs or wild and crazy women
- pray
- bless your food
- be grateful
- study hard
- eat your food
- don’t eat too much candy
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t curse, fight, drink or do drugs
- wash and dry your clothes, sew cook and clean – I am raising some woman’s husband
- slow down you are driving too fast
- look in your rear view mirror
- keep your eyes straight ahead
- at 98 I held her hand as she transitioned, my guardian angel, my protector, teacher, minister and enforcer
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- you got an “F”!
- stop crying
- open up
- you’ll feel better
- didn’t i tell you
- now why did you do that?
- wait for your brother
- are you listening to me?
- what did you say!
- I love you
- here, try this
- be nice
- save your money
- get a job
- go outside and play
- you have to work hard
- leave him alone
- say cheese
- come here
- sit down
- are you crazy
- what did you do?
- buried my father
- never knew my paternal grandparents
- i had a brother
- my lil sis is gone
- i’ll never be an aunt
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t spit that out
- i said,let’s go
- stop it
- Gloria was killed
- do your homework
- turn off that tv
- dinner!
- have a good day
- God bless you
- how was school today?
- change your clothes
- clean your room
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- get up!
- make your bed
- breakfast!
- take out the trash
- stop it!
- working hard until he graduates from college
- remembering the fear of his first day on the bus, bigger fear, first day driving alone
- emergency room visits
- months and months in the hospital
- surgeries, feeding tubes, iv’s, central lines, rsv, nicu, picu
- what did i do to deserve this
- God why?
- teach me how to swim
- can’t breast feed
- crying all the time
- will this ever end?
- fell off the bike
- pregnant again…fear
- water broke…uh oh
- never got a maternity leave
- slow down
- barium swallows, mri’s
- mcdonald’s ball pit
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- pediasure, pedylyte, nebulizer, syringe, pulse ox, nurses
- pick that up
- put that back
- don’t play with that
- leave it alone
- boy don’t make me come and get you
- i’m an orphan-no mother
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- ieps, department of disabilities, nurses and kids, special ed classes, mainstreaming
- go sit down!
- come here
- where you goin?
- i’ll put the ashes in the coffin with mama
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
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REPOSTING FROM 2012
Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- today at 50, I’ve been a mother for almost 20 years
- my grandmother was 50 when I was born, she took me & my sis under her wing at the age of 57 and lived to be 98
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- the parent of a 3 month preemie weighed a mere 2.5 lbs, not sure if he would live or die
- my God is Awesome
- i look in the mirror and see my mother
- bore but did not raise me
- died before I really got to know her
- feared I would have to care for her in her old age
- grandmother said in order to live a long life you have to treat everybody right and pray
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- not a friend but a fierce protector and provider
- mother never saw her grandsons
- a mother of 2 black males – RIP Trayvon
- in the store – keep your hands out of your pockets or they think you are stealing
- don’t lower your eyes
- know your history – never forget where you came from
- work hard
- no fear
- believe and achieve
- no drinking drugs or wild and crazy women
- pray
- bless your food
- be grateful
- study hard
- eat your food
- don’t eat too much candy
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t curse, fight, drink or do drugs
- wash and dry your clothes, sew cook and clean – I am raising some woman’s husband
- slow down you are driving too fast
- look in your rear view mirror
- keep your eyes straight ahead
- at 98 I held her hand as she transitioned, my guardian angel, my protector, teacher, minister and enforcer
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- you got an “F”!
- stop crying
- open up
- you’ll feel better
- didn’t i tell you
- now why did you do that?
- wait for your brother
- are you listening to me?
- what did you say!
- I love you
- here, try this
- be nice
- save your money
- get a job
- go outside and play
- you have to work hard
- leave him alone
- say cheese
- come here
- sit down
- are you crazy
- what did you do?
- buried my father
- never knew my paternal grandparents
- i had a brother
- my lil sis is gone
- i’ll never be an aunt
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- don’t spit that out
- i said,let’s go
- stop it
- Gloria was killed
- do your homework
- turn off that tv
- dinner!
- have a good day
- God bless you
- how was school today?
- change your clothes
- clean your room
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- get up!
- make your bed
- breakfast!
- take out the trash
- stop it!
- working hard until he graduates from college
- remembering the fear of his first day on the bus, bigger fear, first day driving alone
- emergency room visits
- months and months in the hospital
- surgeries, feeding tubes, iv’s, central lines, rsv, nicu, picu
- what did i do to deserve this
- God why?
- teach me how to swim
- can’t breast feed
- crying all the time
- will this ever end?
- fell off the bike
- pregnant again…fear
- water broke…uh oh
- never got a maternity leave
- slow down
- barium swallows, mri’s
- mcdonald’s ball pit
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- pediasure, pedylyte, nebulizer, syringe, pulse ox, nurses
- pick that up
- put that back
- don’t play with that
- leave it alone
- boy don’t make me come and get you
- i’m an orphan-no mother
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
- ieps, department of disabilities, nurses and kids, special ed classes, mainstreaming
- go sit down!
- come here
- where you goin?
- i’ll put the ashes in the coffin with mama
- Mother’s Day will be bittersweet
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