I know it’s been a little since I’ve posted any new material, I have a few things in the works that I need to wrap up and finalize prior to publishing on the blog. I apologize to my readers! Now to my update!
In between extremely busy work weeks, I was able to go home to Jacksonville and visit with friends and family. I also stopped and visited a good friend that lives outside of Charlotte. We worked on my car a bit, did a transmission flush, installed a cold air intake, and opened the gap on the spark plugs. After we drove around and enjoyed the huge car scene that Charlotte has and we stumbled upon a few car meets. Walking around and socializing with fellow gear heads gave me an idea of starting an instagram account for the car to connect with others that share the same hobbies. You can check it out on IG at consensual_induction.
While in Jacksonville I visited a few friends and visited with my Mother, I also was able to go out to dinner with my Aunt and Uncle. Everyone is doing great despite the Corona Virus and Protests. Leaving home has saddened me though in hindsight because I didn’t do something that I really wanted to do.
Some of you may have realized that I had a really strong relationship with my grandmother whom passed away in 2017. I wanted to visit her and my grandfather’s grave, but I couldn’t find the emotional strength. I am ashamed of myself for this because I left a lot of things left unsaid before she passed. I should have told her how much she meant to me, how much her love and influence shaped the man I am today. I missed that opportunity and I firmly struck out by not visiting her grave. Like a lot of people, I let time get away from me at the excuse of “life”.
My grandmother was a wise and strong woman, and she taught me a lot of lessons. Some I listened to her, others I had to learn the hard way to understand the validity of her words. She never lost faith in me and loved me, even when I fell face first due to my own hubris.
Some of those lessons led me to writing a new poem called “Say Something” which I’m actively working on finalizing with a target posting date later this month. I know that’s a little bit away, but I have some other BIG things I’m working on too!
I’m in the process of trying to launch a business with the intention of combining my love for cars and my desires to help others.
The target is to bring awareness to Veteran Suicide and to help them in transitioning from military to civilian life.
I’m naming it Machines of Valor.
End goal is to build custom vehicles with military influences on painting and customization and then auctioning or raffling them off and using that to assist that transition from Active Duty to Civilian Veteran.
I have started a go fund me account under the same name. I have also applied for the VA Vocational Rehab program, it allows me to find help establishing a business plan and giving me other tools to be successful.
If you’d like to be a part of this, please reach out to me. I’m open to ideas, direction, feedback, and constructive criticism in lieu to donations. You can message me through here or email me at majordeason@yahoo.com or if you wish to donate (not expected at all) you can follow this hyperlink: https://gf.me/u/x8qvhm
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Thank you for reading, thank you for your time as well because time is something you can’t get back. I love you all, stay safe.
-Darren
Phoenix From Words 