Lamar D Gardner
They say a brick house can stand for decades as long as all the bricks are in place but what if one of those brick was removed? How vulnerable does that house become? My mother was the brick that held our foundation together, and then tragically removed, we all fell down. So many things have happened in my life growing up, some funny and some sad. I find myself sitting around with people talking about my early misadventures. People told me “20 you should write a book” (20 was a shorter version of DJ 20/20 giving to me by my peeps, duh). I never really gave it any thought because I figured the things that were happening in my life were just as normal as anybody else’s, putting these events, accomplishments or misfortunes on paper never really crossed my mind. I said “self” “What would I like to expose the world to about me”? Would people be open minded and interested in reading it? So I said fuck it give it a shot! The stories you are about to read are as true as far as my knowledge can take you. The characters in these storie's names have been changed to protect the rights of those who didn’t give me permission to use their real names. The stories aren’t written in chronological order, they are written in a style of how I would normally tell them. Most of my stories revolve around me, “the brick” of my family, my mother, my upbringing, trials and tribulations and what happened to me when that brick was removed from our family wall. All my stories are real and based on true events that shaped my life, my rite of passage into manhood. Enjoy.
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