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Savion: learned who he was.
Mar. 15th, 2013 03:35 amMy dad hasn't had much contact with mom's family since their divorce in the late 70s. And I'd met my cousin only twice (once to help him with the MVA). At the memorial I learned more about my cousin. And now miss him more.
I introduced dad to Savion:
Savion was the likeable, all-around nice guy. Everyone's instant best friend. He and his girlfriend were The Couple the last two years of high school. Sandra and Wayne [his parents] had had a pretty messy divorce, and Savion was there for his girlfriend when her dad had an affair and her parents divorced as well.
Savion was on the football team, a lineman even though he was only 5' 5". He worked as a personal trainer at health clubs, lifted weights, a very burly, bulky guy. To supplement that he worked part-time as a waiter. He'd take time out of his day for anyone, right down to the wizened old man he was workout partners with -- which made Savion 20 minutes late for everything. At his funeral, people turned up who'd only met him once or twice. He was someone who made time for people.
On a personal level, things weren't quite working out for Savion. He'd had his heart set on getting a football scholarship, but never made the starting lineup. His best friend, who hadn't even planned to go to college, was just finishing his degree this year.
Sandra and his little sister Ataia moved to Nashville a few years ago, while Savion tried to stick it out in Maryland attending community college and working. But Maryland is an expensive and unkind place to live. There's an absolutism in this area and he ran afoul of the MVA and ended up owing the state more money than he could afford. So he moved back in with his mom and Ataia in Nashville.
His father, Wayne, died unexpectedly a couple of years ago of something similar to mad cow, leaving a lot unresolved between the two of them.
There was no sign of any trouble, other than the usual growing pains of a young man whose life wasn't working out quite as planned, coupled with the blow of losing his father. ( Cut because some friends I know have lost people to suicide and this might be hard for them. )
I introduced dad to Savion:
Savion was the likeable, all-around nice guy. Everyone's instant best friend. He and his girlfriend were The Couple the last two years of high school. Sandra and Wayne [his parents] had had a pretty messy divorce, and Savion was there for his girlfriend when her dad had an affair and her parents divorced as well.
Savion was on the football team, a lineman even though he was only 5' 5". He worked as a personal trainer at health clubs, lifted weights, a very burly, bulky guy. To supplement that he worked part-time as a waiter. He'd take time out of his day for anyone, right down to the wizened old man he was workout partners with -- which made Savion 20 minutes late for everything. At his funeral, people turned up who'd only met him once or twice. He was someone who made time for people.
On a personal level, things weren't quite working out for Savion. He'd had his heart set on getting a football scholarship, but never made the starting lineup. His best friend, who hadn't even planned to go to college, was just finishing his degree this year.
Sandra and his little sister Ataia moved to Nashville a few years ago, while Savion tried to stick it out in Maryland attending community college and working. But Maryland is an expensive and unkind place to live. There's an absolutism in this area and he ran afoul of the MVA and ended up owing the state more money than he could afford. So he moved back in with his mom and Ataia in Nashville.
His father, Wayne, died unexpectedly a couple of years ago of something similar to mad cow, leaving a lot unresolved between the two of them.
There was no sign of any trouble, other than the usual growing pains of a young man whose life wasn't working out quite as planned, coupled with the blow of losing his father. ( Cut because some friends I know have lost people to suicide and this might be hard for them. )