Dear Pop

Just to give you my deepest thought as your grandson. you’re my hero! You’re the patriarch of the Tyson family, and you’ve dedicated your life to your kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and so much more. A household wouldn’t be the same without you and your wisdom.

Since I was born, you’ve always made me a better person. You’re the reason I live, and I can’t thank you enough for passing me life lessons, both good and bad, the laughs and cries. You’re not just an inspiration; you’re an anchor that’s built for anything. You and Grandma will be together in paradise soon.

I’ll miss you so much.

I understand that I stand upon the shoulders of many who have come
before me, whose blood, flesh, and vitality run through my veins and nourish me. Their expectations, experiences and wisdom have been transmitted through many generations of Ancestors.

I am a continuation of this ancestral lineage. Given a focus on the same goals, skills, and values, we will continue to pass on, through conscious training, our best hopes across geography and history as surely as if a single person were by some miracle able to live, think, and act in various incarnations over millennia.

To the Honorable Memory of Harold “Pops” Tyson Sr., Ase!