Hey ordinary!

Sorry I’ve been away for a bit. With my dad having his stroke, getting my marketing business off the ground, and my brother’s Mac crashing and his needing my computer to meet some app development deadlines, I haven’t been able to post anything! My bad! I’ll be back in a couple of days!

Updates:
-my dad is doing great! His speech is a little slow and I can tell her has to think about his words but other than that, he’s fine. He’s changing his lifestyle. Not more bad food, alcohol, and smoking! Thanks for the prayers!
-officially launched my marketing business and have gotten my first batch of clients! Woot woot!
-was invited to speak at my second conference at Falls Creek for a men’s baptist conference. It went awesome! Out of 3,000 men, I was one of two Asians, haha. I got really great feed back and actually got paid to speak! I spoke on God’s purpose for your life and 4 steps on how to find it. (Will post more on this soon)
-My MMA bout is scheduled for June 29th at Remington Park in OKC, OK. I’m starting my fight camp today. It’s gonna be 2 solid months of hard work, getting pushed to my physical limits and getting beat up a lot. Not looking forward to it, but it will prepare me for the fight! (Will post more on this soon)
- Spent the weekend with family in Austin and just got back. It was my nephew’s first communion! (Yaaaaay*) He’s the product if Asians and Caucasians falling in love. Isn’t he cute? :)

Will be back soon!

I got a call from my sister. Recently, my mom and dad went to visit my sister to help her with stuff for her wedding. As they were talking, he started feeling weird and was talking like he was drunk. His speech was slurred and labored. They thought it was strange, but they didn’t think it was anything serious… until he started driving and slammed into a curb. They took him to the ER and realized he was having a stroke.

Sobering news.

My throat is choked up and my heart is heavy… It has never been a reality for me before that I may not ever have my dad in my life. How we take people we love for granted. He’s been the rock of our family for so many years. He’s done so much for our family and there’s so much I want to do with my life that I want him to see so he knows that the fruit of all his hard work and sacrifice wasn’t in vain. I want to be a success in business, I want him to meet his grandkids, I want him to meet my beautiful wife, I want to buy him a car as a statement to say, “Hey. Your kids made it. We’re standing on our own two feet and are successful. You did it.” …but I’m not guaranteed any of that, am I? This is all happening so fast.

My dad is a big reason why I started Community Inspire in the first place:

Last I heard is that it was a minor stroke. He’s stabilized (meaning he’s not going to get worse and it’s no longer life threatening), but the damage is done to his brain. Parts of his brain are dead because of the lack of oxygen. His speech is slurred and labored and  some of his motor skills and facial expressions are impaired. They are keeping him in the hospital for a couple more days. When he gets back home, he will have to go through ongoing therapy in hopes of recovering.  Man…how could someone so strong in my life be so… helpless? Our life and our health is such a fragile thing…

Thank you for all your prayers and please continue to pray for his recovery.

And go hug your dad today. You never know how many opportunities you will have left.

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