His name is Shawn Richardson and he has become the second greatest gift our late, murdered son Thor has given us.
The first of was of course his son Shadrach who was only six weeks old when Thor was so suddenly and tragically taken from us.
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| Shawn with his racing Bimmer! |
Shawn had been his best friend for around fifteen years and eventually became a kind of surrogate son of mine.
I have probably known him from he was around 10 years old and when Thor was murdered, we both leaned on each other for comfort.
He has always loved tinkering with cars, so later pursued his passion and has for years operated his own garage.
I have therefore always relied on him as a dependable asset, whenever I am buying, selling or needed repairs for my own vehicles. This has from time to time even had him coming to rescue me when the vehicle broke down on the road. He would often lend me something when necessary, to drive while mine was being repaired.
When my brother Bernie bought a vacation home in Jamaica and over the years imported cars to leave there for when it visits, Shawn has been the person to keep them in good running order between his visits.
However, this July (2025,) on this latest visit Shawn did not go the extra mile, but an extra hundred miles for us!
For on Friday as we made our way from Duncans to Montego Bay for our regular domino/dinner session, the Land Cruiser started to show signs of overheating. So we turned back and called Shawn. It was quite late and Kingston is over 100 miles away.
But would you believe that he left Kingston after work, drove to Duncans arriving after 10 pm, and while we slept, changed the thermostat on the vehicle, road tested it, slept in one of the visitor's rooms and left early next morning to drive back to Kingston?
I never even saw him!
When he worked on the car he realized some other parts were old, so he told my brother that he would buy the new parts in Kingston and return on Sunday evening to replace them.
On Monday morning we thought he had not yet come until Bernie went outside and saw the old parts on the ground!
He later learned that Shawn and an assistant had arrived after midnight, changed the parts, had dinner and watched a movie, then left early morning while 6 of us slept deeply and heard nothing!
This was absolutely amazing. There is no doubt I my mind that Shawn is Thor's special gift to us, that just keeps on giving.♥️
