Sunday, July 5, 2009
Steve McNair...wow, just wow
So my 4th of July was abruptly brought to a halt by the announcement of the death of Steve McNair. I was sitting on my grandma's couch watching the news for the weather coverage and to my surprise I was hit with 'Breaking news, retired NFL player Steve McNair found dead in his home in Nashville, Tenn.'
'What? How?' The news anchor interrupted my inner thoughts 'with a younger female'. Excuse me? My dad's phone began to ring off the hook, since he is an officer in Nashville all the officers on the case were calling him because they knew he and Steve were close....they were bruhs. He had just turned it back on. Those were my answers...'she was a 20 year old caucasian female. She stayed in a condo he rented for her. He co signed for an Escalade for her. He was shot more than once while she was only shot once' Wait...what?
I just saw Steve last week at Gridiron 9....his new restaraunt on Jefferson....and now he's dead? My dad just spoke to him on Thursday....and now he has to go to Mississippi for a funeral (possibly)? How is Mechelle? How does she stomach and wrap her head around the fact that her husband was killed with, even possibly by, his mistress? How do his children cope with the fact that daddy is gone....for ever? To us he was Steve the quarterback.....to them he was love.
I don't condone adultry, but Steve was human. Just because he was cheating doesn't necessarily mean death is the only option. No sin is greater than another, but Steve paid the ultimate price when his behavior led to fatality.
Now here we are in the wake of the lost of MJ....dealing with the lost of Steve. The Titans fans are proving to be tride and true....loyal beyond the limitations of the word.
Dear Steve,
The several times I have ran into across town you have been nothing less than a gentleman and extremely kind. My dad introduced us when he was working on the field about 9 years ago. I was in awe because I was in the presence of my favorite quarterback. You smiled and embraced me, told me I was a beautiful little girl and signed my jersey. I beamed for a while after that.
I still can't believe that you are gone....at 36. We will never know all that led to this, and it doesn't matter. All that counts is that your 4 children will now be fatherless and your wife husbandless....leaving the family one less short of the half dozen it was.
You will be missed and always remembered as one of the best Titans ever. We love you today....we loved you yesterday.....and we will love you tomorrow!
Lovingly,
Trecie
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