Dear Hannah,

Mistakes are great teachers because they grab your undivided attention.

Trees are great teachers, too.

You see all their majesty and might ... and their mistakes.

You see that ... even in their might (right?) ... they can still fall ... timber(!).

Love,

Daddy

(Author of "A Long Walk … Towards Care, Concern, Respect, and Advocacy")

Dear Hannah,

Keep your peace ...

... through doubt and uncertainty

... through headache

... through heartache

Love,

Daddy

(Author of "A Long Walk … Towards Care, Concern, Respect, and Advocacy")

Dear Hannah,

i'm the brother

from another planet

I travel each day

far, far away

... hear what they say ...

... then try to make sense of it ...

... lemme tell you what I

have LEarned ...

i ain't ya ...

Love,

Daddy

(Author of "A Long Walk … Towards Care, Concern, Respect, and Advocacy")

Dear Hannah,

You will live, love, win, lose, and LEarn while you are alive.

You will uplift and dignify.

You will win friends and influence people.

You will also disturb the status quo.

You will speak truth to power.

You will tell your own story.

Not everyone will read it.

Not everyone will believe it.

Not everyone will like it.

They may tell a different version.

What people think of you is none of your business.

Forget what they say.

Love,

Daddy

(Author of "A Long Walk … Towards Care, Concern, Respect, and Advocacy")

Dear Hannah ... If you are wondering ... "What do you DO with all these songs ...?" Thanks for asking. I have a catalog of 45 of these #Autoethnographies (self-reflective "studies") that anchor a yearlong (two-semester) course I developed called #TheSeeSayShow. Sharing them lets me see which ones "slap" (resonate with unprompted, diverse audiences). #TheSeeSayShow is my holistic response to what I see in my high school classroom every day. It paves a pathway to power and purpose through #Autoethnography (self-study), self-reflection, and small-group fellowship (AKA "discipleship"). I lead the way by sharing my journey with transparency (and discretion) ... as the leading student in my class (AKA "the teacher"). Each unit begins with one of these songs - which are effective at grabbing the attention of even "today's" distracted students. After sharing the song, I ask students "what do you remember" ... and "what do you wonder". That begins a unique conversation with each student ... that has no end. Each student's charge is to produce a multimedia "mixtape" (which is - like its musical counterpart - a talent display and historical archive) ... that includes self-selected artistic elements of self-expression (like "beatitudes" photoessays, songs, poems, stories) ... powered by an autoethnographic journal of self-reflective "thought partnership" with ChatGPT (like the one I have produced during Summer 2025 by taking my own class) ... developed according to the AI Reflective Pedagogy Protocol ... of how they "Holler" ... then keep adding to it ... then share it with their children's children. I will not see these "endings" ... but am honored to bear witness to the beginning. I am a "born witness" ... and have *borne witness* ... for a minute. #HappyFather'sDay ... and thanks for reading. Selah. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah, Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation where someone makes another person doubt their own judgment, perception, or sanity. It is heinous (wicked), pernicious (harmful), prevalent, and *effective*. How do you combat something so powerful? How do you resist (refuse to accept or comply ... not be affected)? I can "see" the lies when I believe and respect the truth. I can "say" what accepts the lie, affirms the truth, accounts for those who believe either (or both) ... and walk in my assigned authority ... see, I am not assigned authority at ... but I have authority in this earth ... I can "show" others how to resist ... to speak their peace (of mind) ... and to speak their "piece" (of mind) ... Selah. Love, Daddy

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.20 "TRANSCRIPT": 77m46sec ... (concluding thoughts) I am big on oral histories, and may have found a "sweet spot" ... Marc Weber believes that Elloree's oral history is a "thing" 79m54sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 2.19 "TRANSCRIPT": ... 75m18sec ... one (more) word of advice ... write your visions plainly ... make time to pray and think ... 77m46sec ...