Parent(s) In Jail

My heart goes out to all children suffering from one or both parents locked up. They didn't ask for their mom and/or dad to do something that got them locked up. The kids are serving time with their parent(s) in jail, and it's worse when a boy has a father who's locked up, because studies show that a father who's not present in a boy's life has a much harder time in life. I feel mothers should allow their kids to see their dad behind bars, even if she doesn't want to. It's not about her, it's about the children. Sometimes, a mother has to do what's best for her child(ren), even if it makes her uncomfortable.

Kids need to see their dad even if he is locked up. It's a teaching moment that jail is where a kid could end up if he goes the wrong way.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) March 1, 2016

I will never co-sign mothers not taking their kids to see their father in prison, even if the dad's actions got him locked up.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) March 1, 2016

One-Sided Relationship Thinking

Shout out to women who post stuff like this and try to pass it off as God's word, while forgetting about Proverbs 21:19
Better for a man to live in the wild than with a cross & petulant woman.
Point is, God's word does NOT give women a pass to mistreat their husband, especially after he's dealt with her crap. Some so-called Godly women are good for twisting the Bible to benefit them, like they don't have any responsibilities as a wife.

Giving Up Social Media

How I feel when some people talk about giving up social media for their spouse.

People irk me talking about they're looking for a relationship that makes them want to delete their social media accounts.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 25, 2016

Even if I had a wonderful relationship, I'd still be on social media. I would simply keep my relationship private.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 25, 2016

My Political Outlook

I'm going to keep it real, I used to get upset at why some people don't vote, but not anymore. I'm seeing more and more why some people don't vote because the political process is nothing more than a shade fest. Candidates spend more time throwing shade than mapping out their strategy to fix this country's issues. Many people like to say, "vote for the candidate who believes the way you do" The problem with that is that most candidates claim to believe one way and turn around and have a different stance. You'll have very few candidates who stick to their views from Day 1. What happened to the candidates who finance their own campaigns? If a candidate is rich enough to finance their own campaign, THEY have their own mind as to what they choose to believe. 

If someone is financing a candidate's run for Governor or President, they call the shots as to what a candidate should (not) believe. You can't have your own mind in politics if your campaign is financed by wealthy corporate executives or millionaires/super-wealthy people. They have their own agenda, and if you want to continue receiving financial support, you have to align yourself with their stance on various issues. That's why I couldn't be in politics because if I'm wealthy enough to finance my own campaign, I will believe the way I want to believe. If some people don't like it, they don't have to vote for me, but it's not going to stop me from believing the way I do.

18-Year Old Busted For Impersonating A Doctor

When I heard about the 18-year old kid in W. Palm Beach busted for impersonating a doctor, my first thought was to get upset, but after careful thought, he had a tremendous amount of intelligence, skill and business sense to run his own practice. The bigger question is why didn't anyone catch on fast enough? Surely, there were people who knew he wasn't a legit doctor, but did it stop anyone from going to him? No. I'm not condoning his actions; in fact, had he went the correct route, he could've been a legit & successful doctor. Make it so bad, he opened TWO practices. It's one thing to impersonate a doctor, it's another to open 2 practices. Someone should have caught onto this kid being a quack.

RHOA EP 15: Read School Is In Session

Kim Fields talked all this craziness about how she was going to "cut these chicks with my mouth" She goes to Phaedra and Nene for read lessons, and when the time comes, she wasn't about that. Anyway, these are the top tweets for this episode:

Nene the voice of reason? She must be high. #RHOA

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 22, 2016

Cynthia isn't honest. She says one thing to their faces and another thing in her talking heads. #RHOA

— Reality Tea (@Realitytea) February 22, 2016

Porsha think everybody is "the one" 🙄 #RHOA

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 22, 2016

Congrats to Cynthia for finding her voice.😒 #RHOA

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 22, 2016

If Kenya wasn't important, no one would be talking about her or acting out this ridiculous scene. #RHOA

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 22, 2016

#RHOA Why I love Kenya: she kept it real to Kim's face, while the rest of them did that fake, diplomatic mess!

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 22, 2016

Forgiveness Requires Repentance

There is no forgiveness without repentance. All through the Bible, people were forgiven if they repented of their sin.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) February 18, 2016

There is no forgiveness without repentance. Throughout the Bible, people were forgiven if they repented of their sin. Forgiveness requires repentance because it shows you're truly sorry for the mistake you've made, and are committed to not making the same mistake. I get that no one's perfect, but if you're making the same mistake over & over, then you're blowing out hot air by asking for forgiveness because it sounds good; there is no true repentance. True repentance involves not only asking the victim for forgiveness, but turning away from the offense. Real repentance means they never do it again. If you have ever regretted doing wrong towards someone, you never did that to them or anyone else.
If someone harms you, causes you pain or betrays you, you're within your right NOT to forgive them if they don't first repent and make a sincere effort to right the wrong. BUT....forgiveness is more for you than the offender because as I've stated before, some people are cold-blooded to where they can hurt someone and keep it moving. Many times, they don't care who they hurt, it's their nature to be foul. You want to know if someone's truly repented of their sin? They're shook by coming to you forgiveness because they feel so bad about what they've done, they feel you won't forgive them. IF they ask for your forgiveness and you've already forgiven them, they turn away from that transgression because they don't want to feel bad like that again. That's how you know you've repented for whatever wrong that you've done.