GRIEF. It Comes In Waves

I still can’t believe my Dad is gone, my mind is processing his absence but my heart won’t let me, there is a huge void there. IT HURTS.

It will be two months today 2/15/26 at 2:25p 💔

I don’t have a lot to say however I will share the words of encouragement I spoke at his burial.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant , and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time a heal: a time to break down and a time to build up a time to weep, and a time to laugh ,

A time to mourn and a time to dance

Today is difficult because it’s not just the loss of our father, but your friend, a brother, an uncle, a grandpa.  For me he was a steady source of strength, protection, —  my biggest cheerleader  - a time to dance

He was a man of few words unless there was Spurs game, anything on CNN or NHRA but don’t dare bother him during  his WWE or Monday night Raw

He also had resilience and a quiet strength which I highlighted in a speech I gave in 2019.  It was a story he had shared and it stayed with me. Coming here from Kingston, Jamaica in 1967. I spoke on how he left the comforts of home to come to San Antonio 3 years after the passage of the civil rights act 1964.  With a dream of his own even when he faced prejudice he wasn’t deterred and SE Cycles came to fruition and stayed in business from 1978 -2019

When he suffered his stroke in 2024 and then his seizure in Dec of that year  I saw that same resilience and quiet strength as he worked to recover.  But also saw the effects  rob him of his, memory , speech, physical abilities then I became his source of strength, his protection, his biggest cheerleader   

It was an honor and privilege to take care of my Dad to be an advocate for him.

During that season my Faith was tested but I didn’t waiver cause I knew my Heavenly Father was strengthening and comforting me through his word and your prayers. As it will also sustain me in his passing. A time to mourn.

I know you feel the void now that he is gone just like I do.  I’ll miss him, especially his calls, sometimes in the middle of the night.  One of sayings was I’m here if you need ears.

My Family and I would like thank you all for being here today also to his caregivers

Priscilla A’mi Susanna, Mallory Stephen from  GL

Stacy & Angela Southern Sky

In closing I pray each one of you carry the resilience and quiet strength my Dad had and hold one another close in the days ahead.

God Bless You

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Daughters & Grandchildren