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I wrote this to a friend of mine who had lost someone they loved very much. Today I want to make it public in hopes that it may help someone who may be grieving. I’ve been there and I know it well. Recently so many people that I know have died or are dying and what I learned is the below
Hey …..
I just want you to know that you may hear a lot of cliches from people, things like “you loved them but God loved them best” or “they are with the Lord now” and people really do mean well when they say these things, however the truth of the matter is, nothing can comfort you, one moment you will be fine and the next you’ll be breaking down.
Having lost my mother whom I was very close to, the best advice I can give you is to let grief come when it comes. It can’t be scheduled.
You can’t “work” through it, it will just wait for you to finish the job. You can’t sleep through it, it will be waiting for you by the bedside when you awake in the morning. Believe me I tried…
Unfortunately grief is a living thing that visits at will.
The only thing I can offer you is a prayer, and my prayer for you is that it comes in waves. Gentle ones that give you enough grace In between them so that you can function.
And lastly I’ll say this to you my dear friend, be around people you trust because I promise you it’s hard to trust yourself when grief is wrapped around you like a old familiar robe.
Sending you love and true prayers.
Tyler.
This first photo is of my mother with these adorable children she worked with at a Jewish community center. I remember her coming home from work one day devastated because there was a bomb threat and my mother was horrified that there were people who wanted to blow up a building full of children because they were Jewish. I blurred their faces but think about that. It brought her back to that pain of having to live through the bombing of a church in Alabama where three little black girls died.
My mother made sure that I knew the commonality of what black people and Jewish people have endured – she not only taught me about slavery but she also taught me about the Holocaust. But in teaching me about all our common pains she also taught me about the allies that Jewish people have been for black people. Case in point, look at the founding members of the NAACP – it took allies to get us to a better place in this country and those allies didn’t look like us. It was Jewish allies that were murdered in Mississippi trying to help us get the right to vote. I can fill this post with so many examples including my own allies that I work with today who have helped me grow a business that has allowed me to hire more black people than most businesses in Hollywood. No one makes it alone.
Refuse hate!!
This first photo is of my mother with these adorable children she worked with at a Jewish community center. I remember her coming home from work one day devastated because there was a bomb threat and my mother was horrified that there were people who wanted to blow up a building full of children because they were Jewish. I blurred their faces but think about that. It brought her back to that pain of having to live through the bombing of a church in Alabama where three little black girls died.
My mother made sure that I knew the commonality of what black people and Jewish people have endured – she not only taught me about slavery but she also taught me about the Holocaust. But in teaching me about all our common pains she also taught me about the allies that Jewish people have been for black people. Case in point, look at the founding members of the NAACP – it took allies to get us to a better place in this country and those allies didn’t look like us. It was Jewish allies that were murdered in Mississippi trying to help us get the right to vote. I can fill this post with so many examples including my own allies that I work with today who have helped me grow a business that has allowed me to hire more black people than most businesses in Hollywood. No one makes it alone.
Refuse hate!!
This first photo is of my mother with these adorable children she worked with at a Jewish community center. I remember her coming home from work one day devastated because there was a bomb threat and my mother was horrified that there were people who wanted to blow up a building full of children because they were Jewish. I blurred their faces but think about that. It brought her back to that pain of having to live through the bombing of a church in Alabama where three little black girls died.
My mother made sure that I knew the commonality of what black people and Jewish people have endured – she not only taught me about slavery but she also taught me about the Holocaust. But in teaching me about all our common pains she also taught me about the allies that Jewish people have been for black people. Case in point, look at the founding members of the NAACP – it took allies to get us to a better place in this country and those allies didn’t look like us. It was Jewish allies that were murdered in Mississippi trying to help us get the right to vote. I can fill this post with so many examples including my own allies that I work with today who have helped me grow a business that has allowed me to hire more black people than most businesses in Hollywood. No one makes it alone.
Refuse hate!!
This first photo is of my mother with these adorable children she worked with at a Jewish community center. I remember her coming home from work one day devastated because there was a bomb threat and my mother was horrified that there were people who wanted to blow up a building full of children because they were Jewish. I blurred their faces but think about that. It brought her back to that pain of having to live through the bombing of a church in Alabama where three little black girls died.
My mother made sure that I knew the commonality of what black people and Jewish people have endured – she not only taught me about slavery but she also taught me about the Holocaust. But in teaching me about all our common pains she also taught me about the allies that Jewish people have been for black people. Case in point, look at the founding members of the NAACP – it took allies to get us to a better place in this country and those allies didn’t look like us. It was Jewish allies that were murdered in Mississippi trying to help us get the right to vote. I can fill this post with so many examples including my own allies that I work with today who have helped me grow a business that has allowed me to hire more black people than most businesses in Hollywood. No one makes it alone.
Refuse hate!!
On my way to the Black Panther premiere. Just want to say thank you to Ryan Coogler, Ruth Carter, @marvel and everyone else who wanted to shoot this incredible sequel at Tyler Perry Studios. It was our honor to host this next bit of history. Wishing you all the best as Wakanda Reigns forever !
On my way to the Black Panther premiere. Just want to say thank you to Ryan Coogler, Ruth Carter, @marvel and everyone else who wanted to shoot this incredible sequel at Tyler Perry Studios. It was our honor to host this next bit of history. Wishing you all the best as Wakanda Reigns forever !
Time is flying
To everyone who watched A Jazzman’s Blues this past weekend… I just wanted to say “Thank You.” This is truly a life’s dream come true!! Thank you all so much. #AJazzmansBlues
Press all day!!! Jazzman this Friday! #AJazzmansBlues @netflix @todayshow @livekellyandryan
One evening, two incredible events!
Thank you @thegrio for the honor and recognition! And @mstinalawson tell Blue she better be glad I had to leave before the auction 🤣🤣🤣
One evening, two incredible events!
Thank you @thegrio for the honor and recognition! And @mstinalawson tell Blue she better be glad I had to leave before the auction 🤣🤣🤣
After a 27 year wait, it’s finally here. A JAZZMAN’S BLUES. NOW ON NETFLIX.
Thank you so much… Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. More to come.
#AJazzmansBlues @netflix
Atlanta! I’m excited to announce that I will be joining my dear friend @michelleobama on her #TheLightWeCarry Tour in my city at the Fox Theatre on December 2 and December 3 to discuss her new book! Hope you can join us.
A Jazzman’s Blues this Friday on @netflix! We’re so close! #AJazzmansBlues
Even with all that I’ve been able to accomplish thanks to all of you I still have dreams. Never stop dreaming and never stop fighting to make them come true. #AJazzmansBlues now on Netflix
This conversation was one for the history books.
Thanks to Terence Blanchard, Aaron Zigman and Joel C. High for the music and Debbie Allen for this beautiful choreography. #AJazzmansBlues
@terence_blanchard @aaronzigman #JoelCHigh @therealdebbieallen
Thanks to Terence Blanchard, Aaron Zigman and Joel C. High for the music and Debbie Allen for this beautiful choreography. #AJazzmansBlues
@terence_blanchard @aaronzigman #JoelCHigh @therealdebbieallen
Thanks to Terence Blanchard, Aaron Zigman and Joel C. High for the music and Debbie Allen for this beautiful choreography. #AJazzmansBlues
@terence_blanchard @aaronzigman #JoelCHigh @therealdebbieallen
Thanks to Terence Blanchard, Aaron Zigman and Joel C. High for the music and Debbie Allen for this beautiful choreography. #AJazzmansBlues
@terence_blanchard @aaronzigman #JoelCHigh @therealdebbieallen
Thanks to Terence Blanchard, Aaron Zigman and Joel C. High for the music and Debbie Allen for this beautiful choreography. #AJazzmansBlues
@terence_blanchard @aaronzigman #JoelCHigh @therealdebbieallen
This movie would not be what it is without this cast. They all brought their best and left it there. Amirah Vann, Austin Scott, Ryan Eggold, Milauna Jackson, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Lana Young, Kario Marcel, E Roger Mitchell, Brent Antonello, and Brad Benedict. #AJazzmansBlues (2/2)
@amirahvannofficial, @austinscott93, @ryaneggold, @milaunajemai, #DaphneMaxwellReid, @actorlanayoung, @kariospeedwagon, @eroger4real, @brent_antonello, @bradbenedict
This movie would not be what it is without this cast. They all brought their best and left it there. Amirah Vann, Austin Scott, Ryan Eggold, Milauna Jackson, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Lana Young, Kario Marcel, E Roger Mitchell, Brent Antonello, and Brad Benedict. #AJazzmansBlues (2/2)
@amirahvannofficial, @austinscott93, @ryaneggold, @milaunajemai, #DaphneMaxwellReid, @actorlanayoung, @kariospeedwagon, @eroger4real, @brent_antonello, @bradbenedict
