Dear Father /Happy 38th Wedding Anniversary

I wasn’t there when you married my mom, but it must of been something truly special for you to have been together for 28 years. I’m sure you would still of been together til this day if you hadn’t been called home. I’m sure your proud of us. As you know Lindsay is still finding out what she is going do with her life. Lol But you know how that goes. You already know that it was hard to start write this letter, but I felt like I owed this much to you. I wanted to thank you for being the best father next to God himself. You were also a great friend and you kept me encouraged even when I didn’t see a way that I was going to make it through. When I asked you how to write my first love letter at 13 you said, “just write down what’s on your heart.” I took that short and direct advice and write on this blog I leave it all my heart,soul, and words on these posts. I know the day that I get married and I am blessed to have my own children that I’ll be a great father. I learned so much from you and I was able to show how much I learned from you a short time ago. But I guess that wasn’t the direction God wanted me to go in life. I wanted to thank you for all the family meetings on Saturdays even when I wanted to go outside with friends. Doyle is holding his promise to you tighter than ever. The Wicks family is getting bigger and so is The Davis Family as well. I use to watch you making business calls at your desk that had your name on it Danny M. Davis. I always said when I was younger that I wanted a sign with my name on it. I’m still working on that. I remember those trips fishing Saturdays, those walks in the Forrest preserve, Mayfair recitals you were at them all, baseball ball games and wrestling matches you were at them all, one-on-one basketball games , racing you down the street, playing catch baseball or football with you, black jack games, teaching me how to slow dance with my mom to The Temptations, holidays, Sunday night football games The Bears, White Sox games, old school jams played on the record player, all day projects of cleaning up the house, drive in pictures in the brown van, who can forget your t-bone steak no one made it better, your special recipe of eggs n corn ( i didn’t know why but I guess that was your creative side), you introduced me to the group Tape 6, the inhouse campouts putting the hot dogs on a hanger roasting it quality time with the family, family movies lights out (nobody could forget when the twisters were in the back and we couldn’t hear it because the volume was too loud) If memory serves me correctly we was watching The Shining with Jack Nicholson I mean I could go on for years of all the memories that I have of u and our family. But Though I had to take on the role of taking care of the family earlier than I thought at the age of 16 I did. You said “it’s not going to be easy” and if you wasn’t telling the truth. I know this is an overdue letter, but I guess that is because I couldn’t write it til now. I always think about how I didn’t speak at your funeral I didn’t have the strength too. I didn’t want to believe that you were gone my best friend and father was gone. But I wrote you a poem Dear Father and read it at your celebration of life. Well the next time I see you we have a lot to talk about and I’ll fix the root beer floats.

Love Your Bestfriend and Son,
Daniel Jonathan Davis

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From Past to Present

Memories and lessons that I was taught from long ago are still being used today. The lessons on several topics about family, love, faith surpassed your time and mine, but I'll make sure I past them onto your grandchildren as I'm sure me, Lindsay and mom will.

Love Your Bestfriend and Son,

D.J. Davis aka MiddleSoul

Heartbroken to Heartmade

Why  when a heart is so use to being broken we have to be force fed love? This time I'm going allow love to be received, because that's what I need and deserve. I've been through the heartbreaks and tears its time to go after what I need. Who says that men don't cry over a broken hearts is just that a broken heart.

I've had those nights not knowing how I was going make it through the night without thinking about her. I've had those nights like the first time I was cheated on, how could my first fiance cheat on me with a married man, or how could someone tell me that I was going to a father and I wasn't (this has been the second time). Some people may ask why you telling us this part of your life?, because someone told me "the best story ever told was mine and someone else is going through the same thing and need to hear it. They need to hear about your survival so they know that they can make it as well."-Yogi Ward

Im up thinking about this "Love Struggle" jumping from heart break to "heart make" or so I thought. Dang, I missed why me? I see statuses on facebook and twitter of relationships lasting for years, and that's a beautiful thing. So where is "my love at" the one that's going hold my heart and not play with it like a basketball, but this is "the game of love" (complete phrase known as "the game").

It's amazing how "new love" can make you feel like a new person. You realize that your exs didn't deserve the love you was giving them, and what you was accepting and what you deserved was two different things. I'm accepting some "fresh love", and I call it that because I've been calling my past love we see how far that got me in life.

To "fresh love" I would ask you where you have been all my life, but I believe I can answer that question. You was dealing with the games finest players who knew what they was doing, and did it well. It could of been on the court of the bedroom or the court of your heart both you got played on it. I'm sure your tired of being played in this game, and so we both needed a "time out". So I met you on the bench both needing some rest after being beat like that from our past relationships. Let me introduce you to love and take as much time you need inhale. I'm not trying to brag of what kind of man I am, but I'm not going run off with your heart ,and bring you nothing in return. I am going build you up when others put you down. Let me be your backbone when others scold you with words of doubt and anger. Let me show you appreciation of a thousand times thousand and than start over again. You know you deserve it and I know have been needing it. I know you have been wondering when will your tears balance out your smiles and your smiles out weigh your tears. I know you'll question whether is "real" or "real fake", and so I take the time everyday to be the reason behind your smile each and every day.

-MiddleSoul

Damage Made To A Good Man's Heart

What if I chose to stay when I found out that the baby wasn't mine? Would I be able to replace these tears with smiles. I wouldn't of loved the baby any less that you called mine for 9 months, and would I be wrong if I did? But what difference would it make she knows me as her father since I was the first to hold her, the first person she laid eyes on. But I chose to leave, because I would love her as I always have but your lie of me being father did damage you can't understand. Women always ask about what pushes a good man away try n hurt any close women n his life (mom, auntie, sister etc.), lie about him being a father to a child, or hurt/take his kids away from him.

Inspirational Quote By: MiddleSoul (Daniel J. Davis)

"Don't judge others because you may find out that you have the same hidden secrets, and realize your more alike than you know. The only difference is you deal with your problems differently."-Daniel J. Davis

Father & Son

Here is the last pic my father ever took and my current from a photo shoot from #ushClothingBrand. During my last conversation between me and my father he said "if I wanted to be a writer to do it to the fullest."So I'll be doing a lot of writing in light of my promise to him, and the fact that I love what I do.

Da Poems

Da Poems can be read by the fireplace, or can be read on the go. The book is small enough to be put in a purse,briefcase or book bag.

I AM INSPIRED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

I just hope now the country can come together and work together. We came together for this election and that is a great thing. I'm proud that we have President Obama back in office, but time to follow your dreams. The President is providing a way to afford education and if your dream is go to school President Obama is trying to connect the bridge between you and school.

I am inspired like I never have before after hearing President Obama acceptance speech. I want to thank everyone who voted, who made calls, text messages, posts on various Internet network sites Facebook, twitter, instagram, black planet, LinkedIn etc. I am just speechless and overwhelmed by this moment. I am glad my mother lived long enough to see this an African American President elected twice to be President. I know my dad is proud by this moment in time. I thank God for you all your support for President Obama.

Love,

MiddleSoul