WAYNES WARRIORS
Monday, May 7, 2012
By: David Steeves

IMO OF MY DAD WAYNE STEEVES WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 4TH 2011

IF YOU HAD ASKED ME BEFORE 2009 WHAT CANCER WAS, THE ONLY THING I COULD TELL YOU IS THAT MY UNCLE RICHMOND PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER AND YOU HEARD OF A COUPLE OTHERS WITH CANCER...TODAY IT MEANS SO MUCH MORE...THIS IS THE HORRIBLE DISEASE THAT TOOK MY FATHER AWAY FROM ME AND MY FAMILY...BACK WHEN MY UNCLE WAS SICK IT WAS DIFFERENT..WE WERE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND DIDNT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON..BUT TODAY UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DISEASE, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST IT IS KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE...I REMEBER GOING TO A WILDCATS GAME AND THEY WERE HANDING OUT LITTLE FLASHLIGHTS...DURING THE OPENING CEREMONIES A MAN CAME OUT AND STARTED ASKING PEOPLE ANYONE HAD A MOTHER WHO HAD OR PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER..LIGHTS CAME ON...HE KEPT ASKING MORE...FATHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS ETC: BY THE END NEARLY EVERYONE HAD LIGHTS ON....IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT A TEAR TO THE TOUGHEST OF MEN, IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING...THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE WAS SPREADING FASTLY...
SO HERE WE ARE TODAY MAY 7TH 2012..ONE MONTH AWAY FROM ENTERING THE RELAY FOR LIFE IN HONOR OF DAD..WHAT A GREAT WAY TO HONOR A MAN WHO LOVED FAMILY, BY HAVING HIS FAMILY ENETERING THE RELAY IN HIS HONOR.WE FIND WAYS EVERYDAY TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE AND THIS WILL BE THE BEST ONE...WE KNOW THAT HE WILL BE WATCHING OVER HIS WARRIORS AND BE SMILING, AND TAKING COMFORT IN THAT WE ARE STILL TOGETHER AS A FAMILY....LOVE YOU DAD AND MISS YOU...DAVID