09/03/2026
13 years ago today, I lost my Papa.
At his funeral, we sang Angels Among Us, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard that song the same way since.
Papa owned several businesses throughout his life, and he taught me more about hard work than I probably realized at the time. How to work with your hands. How to figure things out. How to keep going when things get hard. And how to build something of your own.
The older I get, and especially now as I build businesses of my own, the more I recognize pieces of him in the way I work and the life I’m trying to build.
13 years feels like a long time, but I still miss him.
I’d give just about anything to sit down with him today, tell him what I’m working on, and hear what he thinks.
Love and miss you, Papa. ❤️
