This weekend marks my 48 Birthday on this planet earth.  I do feel blessed to be able to guide or show veterans a positive way to relieve stess via TANBARK RACING ENTERPRISE / cycle therapy.  This past weekend  at the NC USA BMX State Series Stop #3 / Gold Cup RegionalI was able to mentor a student, add IG bmx video content, and remain dominant competitively at my home track @ccbmx.org.  Although my birthday is not until Friday i'm reflecting on my life and the life of my cousin Samuel K. Smith who just passed on 2 July, 2021.  His funeral was today 20210714, here in Fayetteville, NC where I went to pay my condolences and respect to a cousin I grew up with and often seen when I was in Charlotte, NC when I was @usabmx NC State Racing.  He was 47 years of age when he died and will never be forgotten.