On September 3rd, 2017 I sent out an email to a few friends and family asking for donations of $50 to help assist in completing my latest album, "AUX Tales". Pastor Claude was the first to respond, right away as a matter of fact. He said when I came to church on that Sunday that he would have a check for me for $200! That's just the kind of pastor that he was -  an above and beyond kind of pastor. Fast forward to Oct 8, which would become the last sermon he preached, and he asked me to close the service in prayer. So after I prayed he asked me how my album coming along and how much more money I needed to reach my goal. I told him the amount and immediately you could almost see his mind going to work; "so that's 20 people giving $100 dollars, basically" he said. Then he added what I knew to be one of his favorite words in the english dictionary- Possible.

So the last word that I recall Pastor Claude Williams, the man who I cherished, my hero of 41 years saying to me was "possible". I share this because despite the way we feel at this very moment, the hurt, despair, confusion, sense of loss, it is possible to recover. It is possible to continue on in the strength of the Lord. And it's possible to achieve your dreams, even if they seem delayed. To have someone believe in you and believe in your dream(s) is sometimes all you can ask for.

Pastor Claude led a very impactful life. If I can have half of the influence on someone that he had on me then I'm more than ok with that. I hope this blesses someone today and remember that whatever you want in life it's possible.