A Free Huey World Report: Farewell, Old Friend

This post is being made public in memory of my lost friend, whose body we found yesterday in his room. Aaron McGruder went through something similar in the 2000s, as his old high school friend, Kyle Martin passed away.

Thomas was one of my best friends. He was always giving me guidance, advice and wanted us both to be great. We were both Nigerian, so we related on that level. He would sometimes jokingly say "We can't let these Jamaicans win! Remember David, Nigerians are the underdogs!" It was all a joke, but he genuinely had faith in me. When we found the body, I didn't believe it. It felt like a dream. It didn't feel real. I felt... empty.

But it was real. He was dead, and it felt like a part of me went away with him. I lost my mother to cancer in 2009, so it's been a while since I've experienced something like this. Losing a friend is different. It's like losing a brother. He always talked about his dreams. Music dreams. Business dreams. We were dreamers. And, we wanted us to work together under a self-made company "Dream Team"

It's easy to get caught up.

Caught up in sensationalizing someone's life that we forget to be ourselves. We end up living vicariously through them. I have no intentions of doing that. He lived his life, and I'm going to continue living mine. Cause' I think that's what he'd want.

This post isn't necessarily very conventional. This isn't how the report's are usually written, or what they're about. I understand I'm projecting. I understand it's early. And, I understand this post might be a little aimless. So, I'll leave you with this.

If there's one thing this experience has taught me, it's to appreciate those around you. You'll never know when they're gone. You never know when you'll be gone. His death, while tragic, brought me and so many other people so much closer. And, there's no greater strength than one founded in union. 

We need more of that in the black community. And, I pray for a day that it doesn't take the loss of a life to accomplish that. If you read this much, I hope my ramble was tolerable. Regular patreon posts will be back up and running in a week. 

Stay blessed and stay strong.