What My Uncle Coyt Showed Me

Coyt Len Palmer, Sr

January 17, 1967 - February 20, 2022

Pictured: LaShonda Spell (Sister-Red), Sheryl Palmer (Sister-Blue), Brittini L. Palmer (stripe shirt), and Uncle Coyt.

I don’t think anyone is at all sure how they will react when someone they love transitions, especially when love leaves unexpectedly. No one likes to feel unprepared. Sometimes, when this happens, we can experience opposing, raw, new, and eye opening feelings.

So, to be honest, I wasn’t ready for my uncle to physically leave this earth. I am unaware how I will travel with grief this time. I am unsure how I will feel 2 weeks from now.  I cannot absolutely tell you I will always have positive thoughts, and yet, I am certain of a few things…

I am certain I will never be the same. 

I am certain there are people this world just doesn’t deserve.

I am certain I come from a beautiful, bold, and brilliant family. 

I am certain I was loved by my uncle.

 As I experience, grow, and continue to navigate life, I remember all the things my uncle showed me. He showed me how to be treated. He made me experience the feelings of love and respect. He showed me what could be possible with a brilliant Black mind. Because of him, I know the feeling of being divinely connected with someone. I know when I am being mistreated, because anything that drifts away from what he taught me is farther from God.  

 Thank you Uncle Coyt. 

I pray you continue to show me what I deserve in this world. Continue to show me how to love. Continue to show me ways to see and experience God.

View his obituary here: https://www.pittsfuneralhome.com/obituary/coyt-palmer-sr