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Thankful for strength, faith, leadership and compassion tonight. Tough night for some folks in my world. I get it, totally. We love, we hold tight and, most of all, we listen. Together in this house, together as a planet, we do what we must, so we eventually can do what we want.
My very best friend on this planet since I met him on the first day of sixth grade in 1984, a guy whose name is my oldest son's middle name, whose mom shared a birthday with me (one of her watercolors hangs in the Braves Room), someone who I've shared so many moments with ...
through the years, whose father taught me as a cocky high-school student about investing and money management, whose mom I served as a pallbearer at her funeral, this dude who's a brother to me, has pneumonia. He's going to be tested for the virus. I'm scared. He's the ...
dude when I wanted to kill myself years ago, who I told where the important docs were, the life insurance papers, the emergency bank account, and he stayed on the phone with me for hours on end through those dark hours. He also "paged" my beeper the moment we won the WS in 95 ...
with a simple message: "1" Just the number 1. We've shared so many ups and downs. Car wrecks, broken hearts, late-nite boozing, life lessons. Man, my heart aches tonight so much, and it's heavy. Damn heavy. I've toggled between tears, anger, prayer. But I'm here. I'm strong.
And don't ever doubt that I'm here for all of you. Let's do what we must right now, so we can do what we want as soon as is feasible. He went with me to G1 of last fall's NLDS, Georgia State's NCAA tourney hoop game in Nashville, the NFC title game in 17, countless Braves ...
... games through the past 3 1/2 decades. I bought him a tix to see Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's 2003. He's simply the brother I never had. He's also the main caregiver for his dad (who has moved into his sister's house; her kids are looking after dad, while his ...
sis is looking after him at his place). It's a tough moment, but I lean to my default: Be optimistic, be proactive, lead in the moments where one must step up, and let's go from here. I know there are polarized opinions out there that are different from mine. That's cool. But ...
please, if you want to minimize this or blow this off, just don't respond to me. Not right now. Let's have that discussion at another time. For now, prayers up for my best buddy, my brother from another mother, and yes, prayers for me to continue to lead those in my sphere ...
of influence, to make the right decisions, to have the right conversations, to strike the right tone. A very, very heavy night tonight for me. I'm struggling just a bit, but I'll be OK. Feel like I'm down four runs in the fifth, but I have time, and I'm rallying. Best believe ...
that's going to happen. Thanks for letting me vent, to share. Just typing this thread helped me breathe, to refocus. I'm off to play video games, to pray, to have a beverage, to focus. Leaders lead.
LFG, seriously. I love y'all! Be well. Stay safe. Stay home. #ForEachOther
LFG, seriously. I love y'all! Be well. Stay safe. Stay home. #ForEachOther
