Incredible story. I'm reminded of a friend of mine I met in college who had Jamaican parents but was born in American (I'm a born Jamaican) and we connected. We'd always be partying together, hanging out and talking about life. He was handsome, very confident and very unique. He'd always try to learn more about Jamaican culture from other Jamaicans on campus, but Jamaicans can be notoriously sarcastic and a little mean when people try to imitate culture, but I was always there with him, talking about it, marinating in that space. He was a good guy. He taught me a lot about how to look at yourself, how to talk to women, or be more confident, little things that you don't always think about when you are 18 and barely know anything about anything. Unfortunately sometime later he developed some mental health problems and we fell out of touch. A few years ago I learned he is no longer with us. Odd that this is resonating with me. I've actually never spoken about this. But yes, I do understand the "missing friend" concept. I have a few like this person I'm mentioning and it is a sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize the impact they had (when they were in your life) and knowing that the moment is gone and you just have to roll with it. We used to practice freestyle rapping and he was the first person to tell me I really had musical ability (which I eventually used). So yeah man, powerful! I'm having a moment with your content today!
Incredible story. I'm reminded of a friend of mine I met in college who had Jamaican parents but was born in American (I'm a born Jamaican) and we connected. We'd always be partying together, hanging out and talking about life. He was handsome, very confident and very unique. He'd always try to learn more about Jamaican culture from other Jamaicans on campus, but Jamaicans can be notoriously sarcastic and a little mean when people try to imitate culture, but I was always there with him, talking about it, marinating in that space. He was a good guy. He taught me a lot about how to look at yourself, how to talk to women, or be more confident, little things that you don't always think about when you are 18 and barely know anything about anything. Unfortunately sometime later he developed some mental health problems and we fell out of touch. A few years ago I learned he is no longer with us. Odd that this is resonating with me. I've actually never spoken about this. But yes, I do understand the "missing friend" concept. I have a few like this person I'm mentioning and it is a sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize the impact they had (when they were in your life) and knowing that the moment is gone and you just have to roll with it. We used to practice freestyle rapping and he was the first person to tell me I really had musical ability (which I eventually used). So yeah man, powerful! I'm having a moment with your content today!