04/13/2026
It is with a broken heart full of love that I’m writing this. My father passed away this morning and went home to be with the Lord. 🕊️
*I said MY FATHER. He was my father. Some of you will choose to say stepfather, but that word was never his. He didn’t view me as his stepdaughter, and he never treated me that way. He took me as his own, loved me as his own, and invested in me as if I were his own because I was. Jewels, he chose me. A MAN like that is hard to come by.
He was my rock. The man who helped shape me into the woman I am today. Every word he spoke to me, every sacrifice he made for me, and every moment he invested in me lived on through me and my character.
He loved God with his whole heart, he loved his family fiercely, and he loved hard. He showed me what it looks like to be strong. To have faith. To love unconditionally. And I will spend the rest of my life learning from everything he taught me and continue to honor him by living out what he taught and invested in me.
My heart is destroyed, but I find comfort in knowing he’s not in pain anymore. He’s with our Father, resting and whole. Heaven welcomed one of the greatest men today.
If you’re reading this and you knew him and loved him, please continue to keep our family in your prayers. We are taking everything one day at a time, leaning on God and each other.
I love you so much. Thank you for choosing me, and thank you for giving me the best father I could have ever asked for. I will never forget you, and I’ll see you again one day. Until then, rest easy. * 🙏❤️