As of today, it has been one year since the saddest day of my life-when Tyson left this world Tyson had more health obstacles than most people and he accepted his physical and other challenges with the spirit of a warrior. From learning about martial arts, to computers, becoming a Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming and hypnosis, doing massive amounts of reading, he gathered a vast amount of knowledge and mastered what he could within his personal limitations. As his dad, I struggle to understand why my son had to endure so much pain and challenge in his short life. Despite all of his accumulated knowledge, the legacy Tyson left was that he had the intelligence, empathy, and drive to be a devoted friend and caregiver for many others in his life who struggled with similar or shared lchallenges as his. His friendships were extensive in number and depth. Tyson had tons of practice at living and caring for and about those whom he considered his family, and Maggie and I have come to adopt as lifelong friends. Tysons life was more meaningful to others than he realized. Maggie started this Facebook page after, while in one of his final hospital stays, within a couple of hours of having received the shattering news that Tysons conditions were terminal, his hospital room was filed with a stream of loving friends who were paying their respects to him. Maggie recognized that he wasnt aware of what an impact he had made on the lives of so many and she wanted his friends and family to have a way of contributing to the narrative of his lifes significance so that Tyson would have the opportunity to have knowledge of and feel secure in this awareness before his life force left his body. To those of you who have contributed to this FB page, I personally thank you, express my deepest appreciation and want you to know that while trapped in his dying body, Tyson relished reading and rereading your posts. We invite you to continue to post, as Maggie and I are comforted by the stories of the ways in which you remember Tyson and the ways in which he continues to impact you. We thank you: Tana T, Tysons faithful friend and photographer of Britestone Productions Tommi H and Tommy M for being lifelong friends Aaron P and Jonathan P for being true, blue friends and for making the time to visit him during his final months Michael B for likening Tysons end-of-life obsession of creating a medical need based cannabis seed collection to being a Noahs Arc...this was perfect. As in many things, Tyson had an uncanny ability to foresee what is now happening after his death, out cultures awareness of the medicinal benefit of cannabis. Tyson spent countless hours of driven searching on the Internet to find just the right strain for various significant medical conditions for which there had been research regarding the benefit of cannabis. He would find it, order it and then store it for the next generation. Russell T, always a friend and kindred spirit Charlie M for arranging the plan with Tyson and promising him to carry it out: the plan to blast into the sky 6-7 miles up the Columbia Gorge trail at a specific, especially loved spot of Tyson, Charlie, and a couple of their homeboy friends. Charlie, thank you for followings through on your promise to Tyson to blow his ashes over Eagle Creek so that he would become a permanent part of his beloved spot pjust as he wanted! Jacques C, and Ryan M thanks for joining him. Brian T for making us a DVD of Tysons memorial service Marie A W, for staying with Tyson for the first several weeks after he returned from the hospital having been given the terminal diagnosis and talking and listening to him while he was awake. That was such an incredible gift to him and to us. Marie, for your devotion to Tyson and to your brand new husband for including the picture of Tyson at the alter at your wedding and for allowing it to be in your wedding photos Angie P and Andrea V for always loving Tyson and making sure that he always knew this Susan, for your talent as a baker and an emotional support Tim A for recognizing the appropriateness and goodness of fit in the quote by one of Tysons mentors, Hunter S Thompson, with which Tyson strongly resonated Sarah, for creating a loving and supportive Human Collective which was a place at which Tyson always felt welcomed and among people of like mind and heart in terms of wanting to help others, and which contributed to his feelings of security that his cannabis medicine would be available to him and others in need Dr P for covering my practice for 3 weeks so that I could spend the time with Tyson Maggies sister, Susie for being available, day or night in an instant to provide emotional and physical support and comfort during the most painful and challenging year of our lives. Dinah R, Kari C, and Susan L for your meals, your time, and your emotional support Maggies sister, Polly for writing Tysons obituary, his memorial handout, and for making the wonderful photo tribute to Tysons life Mary Ellen (Tysons Mulnie) for consistently touching us via text to assure us that she was there and that we were not alone in the nightmare of Tysons 3 years Thank you Bill and Ray (my cousins) for coming out to Tysons service and Bill, for spreading some of Tysons ashes among elephants in Africa... A place and a mission in which Tyson would have loved to participate. Both Maggie and I are thankful to have such close family ties. There are so many people who made a difference in Tysons life and I apologize if I have failed to recognize you in this brief acknowledgment. Please write a post to let us all know of the ways that you and Tyson connected. We would love to know of it. Thank you to this wonderful community. Please stay in touch. Lovingly-Bill Breitenstein
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:53:40 +0000
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