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MY LITTLE STORY by: David...

MY LITTLE STORY

by: David W. Johnson, Jr.

Give me a moment for a little story that goes like this

The saying is, America is the land of milk and honey

Without family love, the milk and honey you can miss

Milk and honey last a short time making drug money

People are saying many American children are losers

American parents and adults can prove people wrong

If we do not help them, we are as bad as their accusers

Adults make children smart, proud, fearless and strong

It is much better when these things began with family

Children need family, role models and support programs

Bring these back and an awesome change we will see

There will be change in attitudes, respect and exams

Here is that little story I want to tell, so pay attention

There once was this child growing up without a family

His inability to be happy was beyond comprehension

Only negative things in the world he seemed able to see

Traveling down rough roads alone, in and out of trouble

Instead of helping, all everyone seem to do was use him

On a daily bases his misery and hardships seem to double

For this young child, now turning young man life was grim

When he had all but given up hope and didn’t care anymore

Along came an adopted family and positive changes began

Proof positive that it takes family love to open up a close door

Family, to Job Corp, to the U. S. Army his blessings did not end

A very true story and that young child, is this adult poet and writer

Living proof that God, family, community and love can bring glory

Adults, families, it takes love and support to make a child a fighter

Hopefully adults, you will get the message from, “My Little Story”

Let Us Join Together and Help All Children

If We Save Our Children...We Save America

If We Save Our Children We Save America

David W., Jr. JR. Johnson

If We Save Our Children We Save America

http://www.wesaveourchildrenwesaveame...

Dear Everyone: My name is David W. Johnson, Jr. and I am an Author, Poet and Motivational Speaker to adults on behalf of our children. The purpose of my message is to encourage adults to become more involved with our children so children might live long, healthy, intellectual and normal lives. Thanks to current adult neglect, our children are on paths of serious destruction. If as adults, we do not change those roads and soon, our children will not survive. Personally, I became tired of listening to the News day after day and hearing about another young child, teenager or young adult being murdered, incarcerated, molested or kidnapped. I decided it was time to do my part to change things for our children in a positive way. I cannot do it alone. Just like our children, I could use your help. We cannot sit back and ignore the problem while waiting on Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Tom Joyner or Oprah Winfrey. Young people need older, experienced adults to step-up and give them the benefit of their knowledge and wisdom. Many of us believe that our children are just hoodlums, drug dealers, gangsters, baby makers, so forth and so on but I assure you, THEY ARE NOT!!! Young people are looking and praying for the same opportunities our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, teachers, preachers, neighbors, etc., gave us. One of the problems children face today is, adults are not offering children the kind of support, encouragement and leadership they had growing up. We had Ella Baker, Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary Church Terrell, Ida Wells-Barnett Thurgood Marshall, Jesse Jackson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver and the list goes on. All of those individuals were Great and Productive Leaders and Role Models who were determined to set positive examples and show the next generation roads to a better way of life. Today’s children have Michael Vick, Rapper TI, Rapper “Da Brat,” R. Kelly, Antwan C. Carter and Daniel P...