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when I received the letter it was a shock and I was just like who is this man you know I'd always grew up thinking
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that another man was my dad and then to know that my dad was in prison at that time I didn't know if he was guilty of
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it or not I wrote him back and um pretty much asked him who he was I asked him you know little detailed questions about
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you know what kind of music do you like um what sports do you like when I wrote the letter I I had addressed him as as
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Dad I didn't feel that calling him Damon would be respectful he asked me not to call him dad because he didn't feel that
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that was a title he deserved I pretty much said to myself well you don't have a say
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I'm going to call you Dad anyway we were in Louisiana to be there for him when he
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got out the worst part of it was the waiting the 24 hours before I got to meet him the first
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time I met my dad he said hey boy give me a hug it felt unreal in in a sense because it was something that I had
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anticipated for so long I never forget that Sunday night we sat down and watched the Pats play uh the Giants that
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night we went and got pizza and Coke just changed a little I didn't have phone conversations with him before so I
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didn't even know what his voice was like how often do do you and your dad speak now probably once once or twice a week
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now but by the time we get done talking it's been about 2 and a half hours