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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: Getting' Grown
*I celebrated a birthday this summer, and I find myself thinking more and more about my childhood and what type of man I thought I would be when I reached this age.
This is definitely not the life I expected when I was walking across that stage twenty years ago to pick up my high school diploma.
Wow! Twenty years is a long time, but for me it has taken that long to grow from a boy to a man. Yeah, I thought I was a man when I was twenty-five and living carefree.
I thought I was a man when I was married at twenty-eight. Realized I wasn’t the man I thought I was when I was thirty-five and divorced. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful life so far. The hardships that I have gone through are nothing compared to those experienced by many folks.
Looking back, I am proud at how ...
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Urban Thought Collective is a new digital community exploring everything from pop culture to politics from an African-American perspective. Vincent Slaughter is writer from Atlanta who describes himself as grown-ass man. loving son. faithful mate. flawed. occasionally funny. southern gentleman. humble, yet cocky. gemini. sometimes selfish. forgiving, but not forgetful. thankful. optimistic. thinker. doer. believer. reader. writer. a work in progress. learner. Above all, human. His thoughts on love and relationships also featured on www.skoolboisplayground.blogspot.com.
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