It was sunrise on Halloween, and I just knew there was something wrong with my BlackBerry. With my eyes barely open I glanced at my BlackBerry which said I received a text message from my homeboy Eric Mack. Everyone knows he's not up that early! It was 7:36 a.m. Later I was talking with our homeboy Mike Lindsey who said the same the same thing. He received a text around the same time and wasn't sure what that was all about. And then like Mike, I read the text...

Unlike most Saturday mornings, it took me no time to wake up and start getting dressed. Vickie Meadows and Eric Mack were about to welcome into the world their daughter Erykah Willow Mack!

Now, the due date was around Christmas. This day was Halloween. Did Eric just get his holidays mixed up or was Erykah simply ready to get this thing called life started? Born at 4:34 p.m. [give or take a few minutes in case my memory is trippin'] at just under 4 pounds, the Mack family is now three...