“It
is quite agonizing to wait on the news that it’s not our son,” he said.
“We’d just like to send our sympathies and condolences to those
families.”
While both try to remain positive, the parents have reflected on favorite memories.
For the father, it was in September for his 60th birthday. He had
ordered all three of his children — Anterio, Tiara and Tim — join him
and their mother in Cabo San Lucas. “I told them: I expect you to be
there,” he said.
His middle son was always so busy working, his father feared he would not make it. “But he quickly said, ‘I’m coming.’ ”
It was an all-inclusive resort, and the family indulged in food and
revelry. “It was so good to see Tim having so much fun, because he is
such a hard worker. Very seldom does he have the time to just let go,”
his father said. “It was awesome.”
His mother recalled hiking Stone Mountain with her boy on a Mother’s
Day. Near the top of the mountain, the granite slope was slick from
rain, and Tia slipped and fell, nearly sliding down the entire slope.
Her son rushed to her. “You scared me, Momma,” he said. “Now, I’m going to have to hold your hand.”
She responded with, “Tim, you don’t want to walk around the park holding your mother’s hand.”
That Mother’s Day, her grown son held her hand the entire way down the mountain.
Now, she longs to hold his hand again.
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