The Oklahoma City bombing in 1995?

Yeah I REMEMBER…

BECAUSE I LIVED IT.

WE REMEMBER… BECAUSE I LIVED IT

 

April 19th. 9:02 AM.
Most people remember where they were.

I remember where I wasn’t.

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I’m from Oklahoma City.

But at that time… I had just come back.
I was 23 years old — a new kid fresh out the Army.

Trying to figure life out again.
Trying to build something.

The last two years before that… I was in Denver,
starting my first real entrepreneurial move — my perfume business.

Then I came back home to OKC.
Less than a year back.

New chapter.
New grind.
New routine.

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And that routine?

It centered around that building.

That was my bank.
The one I went to every day—sometimes twice a day.

8:45 AM—drop off my son.
Same building. Same daycare. Same everything.

That’s where I had my first account as a teenager.
That’s where my business deposits were being made.

That building wasn’t just a stop…
it was part of my life.

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But that morning…

I wasn’t there.

I had just come out of surgery at Baptist Medical Center.
My mouth wired shut.
Still bleeding.
Barely conscious.

They rushed me out.

Not because I was okay…
but because something bigger had just happened.

Sirens.
Screaming.
Confusion.

Even in that state, I could feel it.

Something was wrong.

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When I woke up…

Everything tied to that building—
was gone.

The bank I walked into every day… gone.
The people I saw every day… gone.

My friends… on that floor… gone.

And the part that still hits the hardest—

My son’s daycare.

The kids.
The laughter.
The families.

Gone.

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We weren’t there that day.

And that reality stays with me.

Not as luck.
Not as coincidence.

But as something I had to learn how to carry.

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I carried it for years.

The weight.
The questions.
The “why them?”

Over a decade of processing something you never truly get over…
on top of everything I had already been through in the military.

But I made it through.

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SO TODAY… I REMEMBER

Not just the tragedy.

But the life I was building at 23.
The routines.
The people.

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AND TOMORROW… I MOVE WITH PURPOSE

Because being spared means something.

You don’t waste time after that.

You show up.
You build.
You help.

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That’s why SouthSideDM means more to me than just business.

It’s about reaching people while you still can.

Getting into 5,000 homes for $500 isn’t just marketing—
it’s presence.

It’s impact.

Because one day… everything can change.

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If you’re here…
you’ve got something to give.

And somebody out there needs it.

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FINAL WORD

I was 23.
Fresh out the Army.
Back home.
Building something new.

And in one moment… everything changed.

I remember.

And because I remember…

I move different.

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