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The experience of health, happiness, & a good life
How we 💪🏾 move⁣⁣ 🍳eat⁣⁣ 🧘🏽‍♂️ think⁣⁣ &🍷⁣enjoy⁣
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Idk how many more runs i have left in these knees, but i appreciate my guys coming out to help me ring in a new chapter last week 🫶 most importantly thankful we left with no injuries 😮‍💨👴🏼

Everyone laced in @newbalancehoops and hosted at the @aimeleondore gym. Best way to spend a birthday morning… now enjoy these extremely subpar highlights lol

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3s > 2s

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Midday Middys!

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Boys spa day done right with my brothers. 😎 #ganggang #sojospaclub ##boysspaday #relax #cityboys

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Someone got her bandages off today!
And, while the bicep is still swollen and there are bloody little stitch marks in four spots and I have at least 4 months yet to go … well …
I’d venture that my shoulder, to me, looks more beautiful than it ever did before.
Hey @ryanchandlall — what do you bet that my right cross is gonna be twice as fierce next time we put on my gloves? 😂🥊❤️
Good work, right shoulder. You’re amazing, and I’m grateful. #loveyourself #howisanyonethistalented #healing #netflixandchillandregrowcells #rotatorcuff #rotatorcuffrehab #strongwomen

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1 year ago today, my life changed. ⁣
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1 day changed everything, but it required 6 years to create that 1 day. ⁣
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And, as with any journey, regardless of its length, there has to be a 1st step. ⁣
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I took my 1st step in the Otisville Federal Prison Library.⁣
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I sat, trapped within a self-imposed prison cell of shame. Alone at rock bottom with the man who was responsible. ⁣
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I hated that man; I hated that man so much I wanted him dead. ⁣
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I'd go to sleep at night, begging and praying for the hand of death to kill me in my sleep. I'd wake up every morning disappointed at the light of a new day. ⁣
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Suicide became a viable option. I had to make the pain stop. ⁣
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I couldn't share how I felt; if you mention suicide in prison, you get locked in solitary.⁣
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I was already alone at rock bottom with the man responsible; the idea of being in solitary with that man scared the hell out of me.⁣
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So I bottled it up. ⁣
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Until I took that 1st step.⁣
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I opened my black and white composition notebook, picked up my Bic pen, and I began to write. ⁣
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I wrote with reckless abandon; I wrote with the fury of a man possessed.⁣
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3 days later, when the dust settled, I looked at what I had done. ⁣
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186 handwritten pages.⁣
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They were crap, but they were done. But more importantly, they were out of me. ⁣
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This is how my memoir, "Blank Canvas," began.⁣
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It was a 6-year evolution; those 186 pages went through countless drafts and a million words written to get to the 52k in the book. ⁣
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1 year ago today (5.25), "Blank Canvas" was released. ⁣
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My biggest fear last year at this time was publishing; I was terrified of it. ⁣
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Which is why I had to do it. ⁣
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The shame that had consumed me, which led me to plan how I would kill myself, was now out in the world for all to see. ⁣
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Shame lives and breathes in the dark; it's an insidious disease that will eat us alive from the inside out. ⁣
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I had to shine a light on my shame, so others would feel safe shining a light on their own. ⁣
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If you're tagged in this post, it's because you were instrumental in creating the book. Your friendship, your inspiration, & your feedback made this possible. ⁣
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Thank you, I’m grateful to you all.

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october 2021, digital dump📱

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If I miss a shot, Ryan makes me run around the court….so I just don’t miss! 🤣

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