A Letter to My Coach
Dear Coach Yow,
I write this letter to you with a heavy heart, not for you but for me. I know that you are okay because you are with the Lord. My heart is heavy because I will miss you; not only me but all who knew you.
You are one of those rare people who comes along only once in a lifetime, you are a treasure. So when the treasure is gone you immediately and profoundly feel the lost. Coach Yow, we feel the lost, all of us, all of us who are in your family, your Wolfpack family, whether we played for you or not… We miss you.
We for sure will miss you roaming the sidelines and cheering on the Pack but we will miss your laugh, the way you told a story like no body else, the way you ended every sentence with “You know what I mean?”. Coach we knew what you meant every time because we held onto every word. We will miss the way you brushed away your hair when you were explaining something important, or how you always walked like you were in a hurry, or how you would forget your keys or your check book but knew every detail of every play or every defense.
We will remember your toughness, your dedication to a cause and your gentle spirit. We remember to fight for what we believe in, we remember to fight when the odds are against us. We will remember to think of others and to take time to listen. WE will remember to put the needs of others before our own. We will remember because you gave us the biggest testament of all, the way you lived your life.
AND Coach we will remember what we have, we have you in our hearts and in our minds. The depth of your soul lives in our souls… your strength, your courage, your faith. Cancer knocked and you answered, cancer kicked and you kicked back, cancer came again and you stood tall.
The greatest gift you have given all of us is to stand tall in the face of adversity, to stay steadfast in hope, faith and love no matter what! Your love for life, your love for others, your love and passion for what you did, a love for God that surpassed all things, your desire to give it all you had and to be your best all the time and to do it in love is the GREATEST LESSON OF ALL.
Coach I should have told you all of this sooner, my lesson is for the rest of my life is to ask the question. Take a moment to ask the question and listen to the answers, be still enough to remember what is most important. My biggest regret is I should have asked you more questions. You always did that, you paused for others and that is what made you a GREAT COACH.
You did in your life time what most of us only hope to do, you lived your life your way, you did what you loved, in a place that you loved and with people who loved you; we can only hope to take the ‘assist’ from you, take the ball and win ‘the game’ in a manner that honors you!
WE LOVE YOU, COACH YOW
Trudi Lacey
WolfPack #22
