Nothing is more precious than life and the time one has to share with family.And in this holiday season, it is important that we give thanks for those we love and the time we have together.
The news about Titans Offensive Coordinator, Coach Mike Heimerdinger, brings a week of nonsense with Vince Young into perspective.
October 15, 2010, we lost our father George Ellis Henley to a 17 year battle with prostate cancer. He fought this disease so hard and for so long, we almost took for granted that cancer could eventually take his life.
But it did.
Although we mourn his loss, we MOSTLY celebrate his life. And that life is something we are SO thankful for!
George Henley was born in 1932 during the Great Depression , in Birmingham, Alabama, in theJim Crow South. He went to the Air Force. And attended Lawson State Community College and Alabama A&M University, where he received a degeree in Building Contracting. He was extremely proud of his profession.
He owned his own company (G.E. Henley Construction Company) , and provide for us, and our mom until his illness no longer allowed him to do so.
We were always thankful that we had a good and strong father who worked his entire life to provide for our family, for as long as he could.
We are thankful for him, and his humor, and his ability to laugh thru adversity!
We are thankful for his love for Atlanta Braves baseball, and his love for sports, and that introduced it his twins as babies. Our mom likes to talk about her being pregnant with us, when daddy took her to watch Hank Aaron and his Homerun assault.
We are thankful he taught us to always look out for each other.
We are thankful that he taught us the strength and pride we should always have being born African-American, women and being educated, for there was a time that this would have been nearly impossible.
We are thankful that he believe that family is paramount in anyone’s journey through life.
And after 78 years on earth, we are also thankful that he no longer suffers, and is at peace in the Kingdom of God.
We are thankful for the life of George Ellis Henley. We are very thankful and grateful for us having him in our lives for as long as we did.
Be thankful for your life and all those in it! They all have a part in your journey and in your existence!
We are very thankful for you!
God Bless You and Happy Thanksgiving!
XOXOXOXO
Yvette & Yvonne
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