STILLWATER — Brian Converse’s first interactions with young Jarrick Bernard still make him laugh 16 years later.
“He was a spoiled little child,” Converse said of little Jarrick, who was only 4 years old at the time. “He was Mama’s only child and he was spoiled.”
Converse was fresh out of military basic training at the time that he met Jarrick’s mother, Dana, and began a relationship with her.
As it got more serious, so did the role Converse played in Jarrick’s life. Jarrick’s biological father hadn’t been involved, and it reminded Converse of his own childhood.