Children of the Dream

I never knew how important life was. I never knew how much I was apart of the bigger plan. School was hard enough. I was being bullied. It just seem like the popular kid hated me. I was just trying to do my best. I was trying to be a good student. Who knew life could be so complicated. Who knew making high grades would get you into so much troubled. And if I let them down, Momma would say Billy get them back up. I know how smart you are. I know what you are capable of. God gave you brains and smarts used them or else lose them. Mom did not know that I was being bullied. She just thought that the teachers got the best of me. I tried really really hard to keep Mom from finding out. Then it happened, the unthinkable. I got into a fight with the popular kid. He kept making fun of my name. He kept calling me out of my name. He kept cussing at me. I was fired up and ready to beat him down. And I was just about to get my hands on him and that's when my teacher came. I was scared. I was scared of losing my right to Harvard, Stanford or Yale My mind had lost me. I just was caught in the moment. And waiting and waiting in the office while the principal spoke to the popular kid first. I was becoming more and more discouraged. And I begin to cry that finally when the principal got to me. I was filled with tears. And I tried to explain but I could not. I beg the principal to not kick me out and to not tell my mother. And the principal was understanding, she gave me Kleenexes. And she really felt sorry for me and she called an old friend from church Mrs. Mathews. She told me to tell my mother that I should go to a church where Mrs. Mathews is at. Mrs. Mathews knows how to handle kids, she raised fourteen and half of them were adopted. And the principal knew that I did not have a grandparent and that my mother was all alone with raising me. I hug my principal. She said remember son you are a child of promise. You have capabilities. You have dreams to be fulfilled. You can't let these little issues affect you. You got hopes. Dig deep and don't let go. Dig deep and don't stop son. Go wide and discover all you can. Go really really wide and be the best man you can be. Life is not promise to be easy. Life is not promise to be fair. But if you fight hard enough. And dream wide enough you can accomplished anything. And I thank her Dr. Bernice Habits, my principal. So Mom came and pick me up and the principal spoke lightly. And Dr. Bernice Habits asked if there was a grandparent. And Mom said that her parents passed and that my father's parents don't talk to her. Dr. Bernice Habits asked if she would go to Mrs. Mathews' church and she could help with a lot of things. But Mom was hesitated and I asked Mom in front of Dr. Bernice Habits if she would go. And Mom said she would try. So Sunday came, and we went to Bethel Healing Assembly Church. And it was Mother's Day, the preacher was Mrs. Mathews. She spoke you ought to raised your children right. You ought to show them the way. You ought to be their rock upon which they stand and you stand on Jesus. Bring them back to love and compassion. Remind them of the dream. That they are children of the dream. That they are children of promise. We did not fight that hard to come back. We did not fight that hard to lose. Don't be afraid to hug them and kiss them even when you are afraid for them. Be gentle with them. And at times be harsh to them. But never stop loving them. Never stop comforting them. Never stop praying for them. Lift them up when they are good. Put them in their place when they are wrong. And cherish motherhood. Motherhood is a gift of God, motherhood is about grace and mercy. And she got a round of applause. And mother could not stop applauding and she ran down the aisle and hug Mrs. Mathews. And mother got saved and I got saved. And we never stop going to Mrs Mathews' church and she became my adoptive grandmother.