YOU are Enough

People that never met my Father be like: Courtney fry the BEST chicken. People that met my Father be like: Courtney fry chicken JUST like Ronald. He FED everyone.  People that KNOW us be like: Gwen and Ronald chicken was so GOOD because they BOTH could FRY chicken. Because Granny and Nana could fry chicken.  Mommy just didn’t cook a lot because she worked all the time when she wasn’t sick and was TIRED and anemic. And  her man knew that from the START so he picked up the SLACK.  I was always reading and writing in a corner or the bathroom or sitting in the car while they were ALL frying chicken🤣I always get the first piece from EVERY one of the people I have mentioned.  FYI: Granny chicken was the BEST even Daddy SAID so. Granny would laugh with the fork in her hand and be like “Ronald you KNOW you can cook anything GOOD.” Nana would just BEAM with PRIDE as her child would perfectly fry so MUCH chicken. He would be ready for the corner like I BE 💤🤣so Aunt Jawtaun would take over. AL

PSA: To ALL the PEOPLE of COLOR who CLOWNED Tyler Perry on SOCIAL media for YEARS he’s MAKING the MOVIES that y’all thought he should of been making ALL along NOW. At his own STUDIO built on a former plantation and sacred SOIL.  My Mother was a Tyler Perry Superfan. Her and Cherylann from the BEGINNING. She said these stories needed to be told because it be just like THIS in REAL LIFE. I remember one LOW day in my LIFE back when he was still writing his weekly and sometimes daily emails. He was talking about how he was defeated, broke, lost and HURT. Because throughout his LIFE f*cked up SH$T happened to HIM yet he remained aligned with God and gave him ALL the Glory.  He was BROKEN. He told the owner of the theater this was IT. The last show he was going back to MCI or whatever telecommunications company he worked for. This was the LAST show. He asked God for a SIGN. And he looked out the window and the line was around the Block for his show.   People come into your life for a SEASON.

I respect Cardi so much. Granny and Auntie lived in the Bronx. Papa used to hustle up in Washington Heights. He sold high end fashion. To ANYONE with some money. I was on the scene on weekends  this is one of the many reasons why Cardi is a success. It’s a VIBE only the strongest survive. Like my whole family bought cigarettes ANYWHERE they saw a store lol.  I used to go with this guy he lived in Castle Hill. He used to ride all the way to get me and take me on amazing dates.  Or a cab from the Bronx home or halfway train then a cab  It took forever and he was tired he worked hard young. it was fun tho. He was cool. We were mad young.He bought me that bracelet. His Mother was MAD! She was FLY she ain’t really like me.  The cat ate cat food out of Crystal! We had nice dinners at their house.  Oh what a time to be alive in New York.