First allow me to apologize for being lazy, that's the other part of the reason my book has yet to come out - it's draining me, and I've been lazy.
So, I'm shouting out my dad for being awesome, specifically for being awesome when it came to pushing me and my sister to be great. I truly believe that if a parental figure in your life continuously tells you that you'll be this or that, eventually, you will be this or that, if you believe it. My dad was all about education, like literally, he believed that we couldn't go wrong in life if we had an education and we do. My sister has just completed her Masters degree and she'll be graduating in May, while I completed my Masters degree last February and I graduated last May; we both earned our Bachelor degrees from THE Florida State University and we owe that to our God and numerous others, but especially our dad.
Although he pushed education, he didn't push the other things that he was an expert on, MEN, especially due to the fact that he is one. I don't blame my dad for the relationships I chose to be in and remain in, but it would have been helpful if he had been more open with me..........him and my mother both. Instead, I watched him mistreat women and somehow it effected me. My father wasn't abusive, so I don't know how I ended up with an abuser, however my father was a hard-worker, and my ex-abuser was a very hard-worker, and I was able to overlook the obvious red flags, for the few white flags in the background (his hard work, great sex, sexy body and potential professional football career were all white flags for me). I'm sure my father must have thought, "Where did I go wrong with Cierra....?", but dad, you didn't go wrong, you just left out a few things that I learned along the way; it may be that I picked up a few things from my mother, the Bull (more to come about Cathy D. later).
