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A Promise To Jean
After Jean passed, a phone call to Dad became the moment grief, family, and responsibility met. As loved ones began making calls and arrangements, the burden shifted toward caring for Dad through the first hard hours. Read more
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Prayers, Rain, And Family
A reflective family update about Jean’s hospice journey, a rare reunion with Dad and all the siblings, quiet moments of prayer and memory, and the love, laughter, grief, and gratitude found in taking one day at a time. Read more
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Prayers For Dad And Jean
A personal request for prayers as Jean’s Alzheimer’s journey reaches a difficult moment, reflecting on her love for Dad, the life they built together, and the family gathering around them with care, gratitude, and hope. Read more
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Death of Mother, Barbara Ellen Royston
I raced through the night to reach my mother, knowing time was running out, but she was gone before I arrived. In the aftermath, I pieced together her life, her wishes, and my own conflicted grief from a distance. Read more
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Wife Name Change
My wife wanted to change her name to her ex-husband’s, something that unsettled me. I helped anyway, but it stirred older promises and painful stories, leaving me questioning what it meant for us and where I truly stood. Read more
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Death of Grandmother, Marie Genevie Knauff
Grandmom died on December 6, 2002 Read more
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Parents Divorced
Mom wrote that Dad found a lawyer and sent divorce papers. When the courthouse called to finalize everything, what lingered most was her confusion over control, timing, and who got to choose lawyers first. Read more
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Marriage to Cassandra Rose Small
We weren’t really great at planning things. We had a marriage certificate that was expiring soon, and the Marriage Commissioner invited us to his home before he left on vacation to get married. I recall he lived on Hope Street, which seemed fitting. It was a small wedding with my… Read more
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Moms Desertion
My mother left my father after a vacation, disappearing without explanation. Worried, we searched for answers while she secretly contacted me for information. Eventually, we learned she had moved to Florida to live with a traveling glassblower, abandoning everything behind. Read more
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Death of Grandfather Edward William “Tiny” Royston
A childhood memory, a family story, and newspaper records tell conflicting versions of my grandfather’s death during a 1980 snowstorm. As I piece them together, questions emerge about what really happened, and how memory, emotion, and time reshape truth. Read more
Spouse
Cassandra Rose Small
Wife
“Korii”
Married: 2001-07-04
Divorced: 2013-10-??
Parents
Lewis Edward Moten, Jr.
Father
Birth: 195?-04-11
Wife: Barbara Ellen Royston
Father: Lewis Edward Moten
Mother: Regina Reese
Barbara Ellen Royston
Mother
“Goofy Froggy”
Birth:
Death:
Husband: Lewis Moten, Jr.
Mother: Marie
Father: Edward Royston
Grandparents
Lewis Edward Moten
Paternal grandfather
Birth: 1932-09-05
Death: 1957-09-23 (25)
Wife: Regina Reese
Father: Kode Moten
Mother: Myrtle Grimmett
Regina Reese Moten
Paternal grandmother
Birth:
Death:
Husband: Lewis Moten
Edward Royston
Maternal grandfather
“Tiny”
Marie
Maternal grandmother
“Texas”
Birth:
Death:
Husband: Edward Royston
Great Grandparents
Kode Moten
Paternal great-grandfather
Wife: Myrtle Grimmett
Myrtle Grimmett
Paternal great-grandmother
Husband: Kode Moten
2nd Great Grandparents
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Revolutionary War
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Mayflower?