T’was The Night Before Christmas was almost cancelled

T'was the night when Christmas was almost cancelled.

Working. Hustling. For future smiles to reward your stress.

Free from another twelve hours of showing workers tools, letting them know you ain’t the one to be played with.

You finally make it home. Safe.

Only to face a psyche-cracked-behavior unwrapped.

Thinking every second should be filled-from a life built on gifts.

Taking laziness for granted.

Using the privilege of a middle child. Babied. Pampered. Wilding out in the safety of a glass house.

Breaking bonds. Breaking trust. Breaking respect.

Until Black Santa wants to whip a child and end up north.

It takes strength. Ice veins.

To hold cold-blooded anger. To keep it from burning up your gifts.

To prove there ain’t no man badder than him.

Music I’m Enjoying

Your Old Droog -Yod Serlin EP

Book I’m (Still Reading)

You Deserve to Be Rich by Rashad Bilal & Troy Millings

Dad Joke

“Why did Santa get kicked out of the bakery? Because he kept checking his list twice… and the buns weren’t the only things he was admiring.”

Final Word

Fatherhood will test the parts of you nobody else sees. The patience. The restraint. The moments where power means not using it.

To all the fathers wondering HOW THE FUCK DO I DO THIS?

My advice is simple: Just don’t pull out.

See you next week.