05/10/2026
Happy Mother’s Day to my momma. ❤️
Back in the late 90s, she bought me an old computer from a garage sale. It had one of those big 5¼-inch floppy drives and probably looked outdated even back then… but to me, it was magic.
I checked out a book from the library called DOS for Dummies and started learning command prompts and input commands one line at a time. That little computer opened up a whole new world for me. I discovered the game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and played it nonstop. I could never actually finish the game because you needed the official book and I didn’t have it… but that never stopped me from trying.
Some of my favorite memories were sitting there while my dad played checkers against the computer. Simple times. Good times.
Looking back now, that old garage sale computer helped shape my passion for electronics, gaming, and everything I still love and do today. From restoring old games to building arcade machines, it all traces back to those moments.
Funny how something so small can change the course of your life.
Thank you, Momma, for seeing something special in an old computer… and in me. ❤️
So for today, "Get YOUR Love on!"