This has been a very hard time for the Rooks family after losing a very important part of our family.
This was something I wrote and my daughter read at the funeral.
Tyran taught us so
much. He taught us what racism really was, the subtle remarks and suspicious
glares. He taught us that God sees no color and how he loved his little
brothers and sisters. But most of all Tyran taught us how important it is that
all kids have a home. It doesn’t matter if they are 2 or 18 they need a family.
Tyran is the reason we work so hard everyday to find homes for teens in foster care. Tyran made a lasting impression on
this world.
This was something I wrote and my daughter read at the funeral.
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| National Adoption Day 2013 |
Tyran came to live in our home when he was 15 years old. We
were his first white family and he was not really happy about it either. He
walked in mad told the case worker Im not staying. But he did. ( might have
been for the cookie) I thank God every day I had a chance to be his Mom for
those few years. I have so many great memories of times we shared. One of my
favorite is when he was in high school and trying to pass ms. Avalos’s class.
Reading was not Tyran’s thing and I sat on the steps of the laundry room with
him every night reading To Kill A Mockingbird while he ironed his t-shirts and
socks for the next day. Or that big goofy grin he would get when he tried to
convince me to make him another batch of cookies. No matter what he was going
through he would always smile through it and he always knew how to make me
smile. Whether it was singing to me with a Barbie guitar in his hand or when I
told him to go to the yonder and he says “ where is the yonder is that where
the white people live?
Tyran taught us so
much. He taught us what racism really was, the subtle remarks and suspicious
glares. He taught us that God sees no color and how he loved his little
brothers and sisters. But most of all Tyran taught us how important it is that
all kids have a home. It doesn’t matter if they are 2 or 18 they need a family.
Tyran is the reason we work so hard everyday to find homes for teens in foster care. Tyran made a lasting impression on
this world.
I have a peace that only God can give, lots of great memories, and a new determination to work harder for teens in foster care. If you have ever thought about fostering I encourage you to take that first step now. If you currently foster I want to encourage you to consider caring for teens. If you cant foster reach out and support those who do.
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