joeyzealous's blog: "My Big Sis and the u.s military"

In case you think you know me..you really dont...I spent most of my twenties behind bars..I been shot,stabbed,draged by cars,robbed and did some robbing..wich i aint proud of.My life has been nothin but pain and suffering.but out of all the drama in my life..i beat the odds.i went back to school(*art)and graduated..i been all over the country,worked my ass off to acomplsh my goals.I was once and still am a graffiti artist wich i honed my skills to get through college..i finnally got tired of hustling..cant get a job cause of the mistakes in my past..wich i cant shake,cant teach,cause im an ex-felon....but i never gave up just like my big sis taught me..if you wanna know more,just ask..i have a billionn and one stories...

I have a big sister..shes just not an ordinary sister,you know the kind of sib that has to drag you where ever she went...but thats another story..All my child-hood to hood ..my big sis always was there..during all the hard ships we went through w/ my mom..see she was a street soldier,hustler,musician and and among other things that i will not mention and a very responsible person with a heart of gold that did more than look out for her kid bro. She made sure that when she gave up all those things to be a better person..She went to the military...even though i moved around a lot she made sure wherever i went that she made contact and took care of the problems i had and other shit..She became a mentor and instilled a lot of values that i carry w/ me to his day..I had strained relationship with the rest of my family..She taught me to be strong in all that i do.I respect the way the military made her a better person and not like other people i saw growing up,she refused to be another statistic or a nobody livin in the same crap we grew up in.She wanted the same thing for me and i didnt listen to her and made some very bad decisions that i am not proud of...She never gave up on me unlike the other people in my life and then it happened..I fell really hard and thought there was no turning back to where i was at and the negative forces that were litterly killing me..My big sis was not having that..I took with reluctance all the things she said to me and went to work..I respect my sister,she served her country and put those values that made me over come negative to positive..I am happy to have that kind of relationship with my sister and what the military did for her and what she has done for me more ways than one...I love you Michelle!(my sis).To all who read this that have family in or is married to a person in the military..I salute you!!