Like many of you, I tuned in to watch the Bobby Brown Story, for many different reasons (I have not read

his book).  First and foremost, I wanted to see Bobby Brown’s life through the eyes of Bobby Brown.  I have read articles and seen stories told from the perspective of an onlooker BUT nothing beats a first hand account of a story.

Listen…by the end of day 2, I saw a piece of all of our lives in Uncle Bobby’s story.  I saw a life full of highs and lows.  I saw heartache, pain, and a man that has had to pick up the pieces and start over again and again. I saw someone that has loved and lost.  Someone that was full of life and wanted to enjoy every moment.

If you watched the series and picked through to determine which parts you choose to believe then you wasted your time.  We all go through trials and tribulations so that we can help others to see that there is victory on the other side.  Each part of the story built upon and expanded to another area of his life.  In the end, he is the sum total of every experience and a work in progress, still striving to get better.

I am grateful that Uncle Bobby brought HIStory to television and gave the world deeper insight into his life.  The story is told from HIS prospective and the wonderful thing about you telling your story is that no one gets to tell you what happened to you.

Be courageous enough to tell YOUR story.  The world is waiting.

Loving you has been the best part of my life,

It’s not that you have been the best part but the love I feel for you is amazing.

Maybe I want you then again maybe I just want the me that loves you,

I don’t but I do.

It seems that it is never the right time for us,

You try to clone me and I try to clone you.

He’s nothing like you and she will never be me.

So maybe I want us then again maybe I just want the me that wants you,

I don’t but I do.

We do this dance over and over,

What should I say, what should I do.

Maybe I want to say I do then again maybe it is clear that I don’t,

I don’t but I do.

We will never make sense,

We were unexplainable.

So maybe I want too much then again maybe I don’t want it bad enough, 

I don’t but I do.

Many women compare their mates to Romeo, the character in Shakespere’s “Romeo and Juliet”.  Some women think they can find the perfect man.  After  reading “Romeo and Juliet”, some women thought Romeo represented this perfect man.  These creative thinkers compared their mates to Romeo and if their mates did not qualify by the standards set forth by Romeo, he was not considered a good mate.  In reality, Romeo was just a good mate for Juliet.

The character Romeo was an example of a man during Elizabethan Times, he is not supposed to be a model for ALL men.  Women have often made the statement, “He was not my Romeo”.  By saying this, those women may have given up on a good man just because he did not behave in the same manner as Romeo.  Things were very different in Romeo’s time and all women DO NOT behave the same way Juliet did.  While these women are comparing their mates to Romeo, he could justifiably say, “she is not my Juliet’.

Every relationship will not be a “match made in heaven”.  The end goal should be to find the  “perfect complement to your imperfections” and this person most likely will not be like Romeo.  Everyone is different and even though Romeo was very charming, he was only meant to be with Juliet.  Be the partner your mate needs you to be, STAND by YOUR man.