Emotional Evening · Make Men Great Again

Emotional Evening

I need to share this with you guys. I will write more on it later or make a video but I just want to talk to you while I'm in this. I'm processing the loss of my coach Duke Roufus. He was a great man, a legend. He taught me about fighting and life. We talked for hours on end. He could talk, and he had so much energy. Tonight I was in a rare emotional fight with my ex wife over text about the kids and it got ugly. During this i got the news. I broke down in tears. I had to keep it moving, get the kids home, and go to the skating rink where Lindsey was waiting on me to see Elliot skate. I went in, still emotional getting texts and calls. I stepped outside to take a call from a friend that also new Duke, and Lindsey calls me. A kid slapped Elliot, and somehow as I go in I miss her. She went out behind the kid to find the parent. She calls me frantic, the kids dad is in her face bowing up. With all the emotions, this guy was in a bad spot. I go outside and as I approach this man, he realizes that he is in big trouble. He completely submits and calls me sir as she yells "tell him what you were saying 30 seconds ago". I'll be honest, I was waiting for him to mess up. His smart ass kid was running his mouth. I felt the guy needed a lesson so I didn't just let him ride away, I told him what I thought. Thank god this man coward. Thank you god for giving me the strength and giving that man at least the sense to be quiet at that moment. I'm not sure I did the exact right thing, but I'm happy it did not escalate. It was the perfect storm for me to be dragged into the middle of the mess and end up in jail , sued or worse. We lost a good man today. Way too soon. He was only 55. I'm not sure I've ever experienced this range of emotions in such a short period of time. I'm just grateful that we get to live and love fully and that god gave me the strength to be a man tonight. I'll be making another tribute post about coach asap and I want to do something to honor him. Thanks for listening. Hope you get something from my experience tonight.

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