Luke Siegel died today. Complications from Covid-19, pneumonia in both of his lungs. His body could not handle the ravages of what Covid-19 did to his body.
I’ll never forget when Luke was injured. I don’t know that I have the memory correct, but in my head Tim, Luke’s father, had left as the head coach of Texas Tech’s tennis team, shortly after his departure Luke was injured in a golf cart accident, hurting his head and causing irreparable damage to this boy who was full of life.
Life Loves On.
Last week I read this The Atlantic article about a husband and wife who lost their son on 9/11/2001. Nearly 20 years ago, this husband and wife were still dealing with the after-affects of the loss of their son who recently graduated from college, was working fulltime, and about to ask the girl of his dreams to marry him. A full life in front of him.
Part of that article is this phrase, which his mother and father believed was written in the journal of the son who died on 9/11:
Life Loves On
Shortly after Luke was injured it felt like Tim then devoted his life to Luke. Tim’s twitter page is a devotion to Luke. And that’s not to say that it was just Tim that took care of Luke. I am sure that the entire family had to dedicate their lives to Luke’s care, but it just so happens that Tim is who I follow on Twitter so I see his constant out-pouring of love for Luke
There was probably plenty of time to mourn in some way the loss of the son he knew before his injury, but . . . Life Loves On
Shortly after Luke’s injury, Tim established Team Luke Hope For Minds, a non-profit to assist families with children who have a brain injury by giving that family support and equipment to help those children and those families cope with such a serious injury.
Life Lives On.
As you work your way through that article, it turns out that the phrase, “Life Loves On” may not have been the actual phrase that the son in the story wrote. What he may have written was . . .
Life Lives On
Now that Luke has passed, this too seems all too appropriate. There is no choice other than to live on and I have no doubt that Tim, Team Luke Hope for Minds, and anyone that’s supported the Siegel family will do the same because the work is not done. I’m guessing that Tim’s dedication to his son Luke will extend to those families who are grieving in ways they never knew were imaginable. But the lives of those families who are affected, life continues. Life Lives On.
Condolences to the entire Siegel family. May your grief be soft and gentle.
Life Loves On. Life Lives On.
Luke’s smile makes me smile pic.twitter.com/z6xdHIkkcX
— Tim Siegel (@TimSiegelTTU) July 31, 2021