Michael "3lack" Simmons

Dear Momma

To the first person that I ever met in this world, The first thing that you ever introduced me to was life. Through you, a connection with this world was made & a connection that could never be severed. “Life is temporary but energy lives forever”, these are the words that you shared with me when I was a young kid. Sitting on the front porch with the warm, soothing summer breeze grazing our faces. The way you smiled with happy confidence as you spoke these words spoke directly to my soul. The cool cement under me reminded me to always stay grounded as you pointed towards the clear blue skies & said “what you see up there, is your only limit”. I simply smiled & took it with a grain of salt. As I progressed through life, a few years later I remember sitting in your office down by the CU Denver college campus. Hearing cpr quietly playing in the background, looking out from your 5th-floor office window onto the Platte River. As the water flowed & the sun smiled at us from its reflection on the stream. You looked at me & said, “Always remember, life is like that stream. As long as you allow it to flow, the world will always be happy. The sun you see are the lives of the people you will touch. They will always be thankful for your kind, gentle but steady flow”. I simply asked “What if I don’t flow?”, you replied “Then you will be like the rock, only in the way but not stopping anything but yourself. The world will always reward you for playing your part”.