By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Sometimes things happen that upset us. We have to feel what we feel, take the time to heal, remember what is real, and keep moving forward ...
Love,
Daddy
Sometimes things happen that upset us. We have to feel what we feel, take the time to heal, remember what is real, and keep moving forward ...
As I lay me down to sleep
I kiss my wife and ponder deep
I wonder why, and that's OK
Answers tomorrow are questions today
Then I kneel and start to pray
Ask the Lord to have His way
Stay focused on a future day
Hope to keep all harm at bay
So my baby girl can play
Jump on me, yell "Daddy, yay!"
Master piano, dance ballet
Tell her about our wedding day
How to wait for her fiance'
Relationships begin with "hey"
Then take their course - la vie c'est
Do her work for more than pay
Know when to go, and when to stay
Correct her course if she should stray
See that this world is still cray cray
The brave are scared to disobey
But sometimes do it anyway
The fools rush in, the wise survey
Think twice, act once - avoid the fray
Accountable talk never starts with "they"
Power is more than being able to sway
Then I reach "amen" and rise again
Ready to embark, engage and win
Eyes wide shut, but with open heart
The game ain't fair, so play it smart
The road ahead is still paved with LIFE
I kiss my wife and ponder deep
I wonder why, and that's OK
Answers tomorrow are questions today
Then I kneel and start to pray
Ask the Lord to have His way
Stay focused on a future day
Hope to keep all harm at bay
So my baby girl can play
Jump on me, yell "Daddy, yay!"
Master piano, dance ballet
Tell her about our wedding day
How to wait for her fiance'
Relationships begin with "hey"
Then take their course - la vie c'est
Do her work for more than pay
Know when to go, and when to stay
Correct her course if she should stray
See that this world is still cray cray
The brave are scared to disobey
But sometimes do it anyway
The fools rush in, the wise survey
Think twice, act once - avoid the fray
Accountable talk never starts with "they"
Power is more than being able to sway
Then I reach "amen" and rise again
Ready to embark, engage and win
Eyes wide shut, but with open heart
The game ain't fair, so play it smart
The road ahead is still paved with LIFE
Despite all circumstance and strife
She can change the world if I maintain
Stay on my grind, and in my lane
She can change the world if I maintain
Stay on my grind, and in my lane
Love,
Daddy
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About Derrick Brown (Standup Storyteller)
I am Keisha's husband, and Hannah's father.
I am a “standup storyteller.”
I fuse rap, spoken word (poetry), oration (traditional public speaking), singing, and teaching into messages of hope, healing, and change that I write, direct, and produce to help people who help people.
Everything must change - and stay changED.
Tradition begins and ends with change.
Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind ... then continues through efforts to effect small-group discipleship (equipping others to equip others) with audiences that respect and embrace mentoring, mediation, and problem solving as tools of change.
I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.
My education began when I finished school.
After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes classes in ministry, entrepreneurship, stewardship, literacy, numeracy, language, self-identity, self-expression, and analysis / synthesis.
My projects execute a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.
I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.
We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people who help people.
I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).
I am a “standup storyteller.”
I fuse rap, spoken word (poetry), oration (traditional public speaking), singing, and teaching into messages of hope, healing, and change that I write, direct, and produce to help people who help people.
Everything must change - and stay changED.
Tradition begins and ends with change.
Change begins with me and the renewing of my mind ... then continues through efforts to effect small-group discipleship (equipping others to equip others) with audiences that respect and embrace mentoring, mediation, and problem solving as tools of change.
I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.
My education began when I finished school.
After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes classes in ministry, entrepreneurship, stewardship, literacy, numeracy, language, self-identity, self-expression, and analysis / synthesis.
My projects execute a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.
I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.
We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people who help people.
I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).
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