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Christmas 2011

December 24, 2011

in Christmas

BAYTOWN, TEX – I am home in Texas visiting family and friends. We (me and the kids) also stopped in Louisiana to see their gramdmother. While there I got a chance to visit with my friend Jerome. I caught Jerome in Metairie, La. getting a blood transfusion. He has been battling cancer in 2011. He [...]

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Making A Difference

January 10, 2009

in blessings

About 16 years ago I met a kid named Jerome Theriot. He was a saxophone player in the Navy like me. He was and is a great musician. He is also one of the greatest guys I ever met. He was way into music – even more than I was. We hung out a lot. [...]

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On November 4, 2008 the United State elected the first African American president – Barack Obama. African Americans all over the country, including myself, were over joyed. This event says a lot about how far American has come since the days of the civil rights movements and the bigotry that has stained the nation’s history. [...]

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