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Morning Coffee With The Right Side: One Year Later, My Eulogy for My Dad

One year ago this Sunday, I lost my Dad. I gave his eulogy at his funeral. My Cousin, Chris Wilkerson recorded it for me. I decided to share it with everyone in his memory. This is also my first time to watch the video since it was recorded. But I felt this was a great way to honor him.

Duration:: 12m
Broadcast on:: 05 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

yesterday me Independence Day the 4th of July you know it was a great time but for me my mind goes elsewhere because coming up on Sunday July the 7th it will be the one-year anniversary of when I lost my father. That's probably one of the darkest days in my life and it's it's hard to talk about steel to this day and I wanted to put out something for this addition of morning coffee something to honor him and I was thinking what could I do? At his funeral I was blessed to be able to give his eulogy. It was hard it was not something that was easy for me to do as you can imagine and my cousin Christopher Wilkerson he videoed the eulogy. I have to this day still not gone back and watched it but I thought that that might be a fitting tribute to share in honor of my father. So I'm going to play that for you and I apologize in advance that the audio may or may not be the greatest on this one but I think you'll hear the words I think it'll be plenty good enough and this will be the first time I've actually sat down to listen to it myself since he captured it so I'm going to play this and share with the world what my dad meant to me. Thank you everyone for being here today. Me and Rose have everyone here. It's going to be hard obviously because back on the last step we lost my dad to the experience I was changing. He was a my, my, my, my, my brother Troy, my sister Chris, now I'm not okay. As a child I learned to know bigger heroes and make her father. I'm sure you might love that man, inspired man or Superman, the dad could be a mom. He was stronger than them, tougher than them, simply because he was dad. At some point we get older, we learn of his flaws. As much as he tries to never, we also sometimes feel disappointed. Because he had to work porn or buy something else worse than at the time we couldn't see. They had to rapidly miss a big game or something like that. But it was always because he was working. He made sacrifices that we didn't choose. We couldn't possibly understand, have the time, the second thing is making friends. The super hero labels start to think that you get older, that our father's really young. Then when you end up in failure, now you see him drop everything. You see him making the sacrifices that you didn't notice before. Sacrifices to his wants and needs, all because you needed a hero in that moment. It is in these moments that you realize that even though he isn't superhuman, he is very much still a hero. Who are you? Your protector. One of the only two people along with your mother in the world that you know will never stop everything from touching, to be there for you to love you. My dad, Jimmy Davis, his sister's always in poverty on him or JB, his friends in this room today called him. He was very much that person. Whether it was to call me when I was hurting, even when I told him not to, just to try to give you a few words and courage. Or like one of my brother and my sister found himself in one of life's many crossroads. He figured out how to help him, even in packing up, moving two states over. He loved his great kids dearly. He always wanted to be there. But my brother got married and took married and accepted her kid to not accept grandkids, but simply as a grandchild. He had others in this room that he considered an adopted case, like Michael Edwards considered you a son. And there are so many others that I may not realize that I may be considered now. The two he was. And that's what a father's love is truly about. He leaves us with that legacy. I always knew when he dropped everything and the frame calls, and he says he needs help. I got that for me. My brother and sister, they got that for me. One of the things about Jamie Jones is all part of his family. You never met a stranger. Once he liked you, you had a friend of a life. The last time I saw that he was on his way to Colorado to go off one last adventure with his buddy. My brother and I had a bunch of words. He had wanted to get a root beer in the frosting rod. He loved everything, of course, one of his favorite things. The worst of that day, the worst machine was not free from the mud, it's properly. But he still enjoyed the other beer. He loved all the sports we were familiar with. It's a great memory. It was one of the time that I had no clue that he was going to be the last time I ever saw him. But I'm happy. Because he was full of life. He was so excited that he got off on that trip with you. He was so looking forward to it. I'm so happy he got to go off with you on that adventure. The fact that he got to go on one last adventure before he was called home is amazing. Rightly, Mr. Pete, before he made it that happened. Can you think of what you're going to do from all of the chat London? The proper function of a man is to live not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong that. I shall be used on time. Dad, you certainly used your time. We will see you again. I know you were a Christian. I know you shared as well. I know when you were also. Your father's been the first touch to you. I told you it was okay to live. But it was time. I'm sure you longed right by the side. He leaves behind my mother to me. He's white from 55 years. My brother tried my sister Chrissy. He's three sisters. Very soon. Jamie and Peggy. His sister. His grandson. Sarah. Rebecca. Claire. Coler. Richard. Jim. And of course, several cousins. And all of you in this room that you love dear. His children grow older. They realize. They realize he isn't perfect. But we also realized that he didn't need to be more human. Because he's still a hero to me. He's the hero that sets up in your worship. He's the hero of a business dad. Yes, we're all are. If you're here today, it's because he touched your life in some way. So you're able to write their rules. But I know we'll see him again. And he'll put his hand on my shoulder. He'll tell me he's okay with you. There's comfort. No. I love you dad. It's a good laugh for dad. Until we meet him again. He wants to meet for everyone. We love you. And we'll always miss you. Yeah, I had not watched or heard that sense. I thank the Lord for the strength to get through that one. And this Sunday, one year ago, you will have left us. But you're still here in our heart. Still love you dad. Still moving forward like you'd want me to. And I know you're watching down. And I thank you for everything. This has been Morning Coffee with the Right Side. I'm your host Jack Fairchilds. And we're a part of the Midnight Ride Network.