I was looking forward to telling you all about the awesome weekend we had at the Great Wolf Lodge down in Williamsburg, but I'm afraid that's going on hold. We arrived home safe and sound from Williamsburg just in time to receive shocking and sad news of the sudden tragic loss of my uncle, aunt, and my aunt's mother.
Uncle Chris and Aunt Elaine were wonderful, nice, loving people, believers in Christ, and respected members of their community. I haven't been in comms yet with my cousins Jon or Gigi, but they must be absolutely devastated. Gigi actually lives in the same town with Uncle Chris and Aunt Elaine, and Gigi's 5-year old son especially adored his Grandma Elaine. It breaks my heart to think of how Gigi is going to have to explain this terrible loss to her son.
In spite of this time of sorrow and loss, I find that I am truly blessed. I was supposed to go to a men's Bible study with my church tonight. When I called Jeff to tell him I wouldn't make it to Bible study, I lost my composure while I was on the phone with him. The next thing I knew, all the guys from my Bible study were sitting with me in my living room, praying with me and providing me support and encouragement.
Thank you, guys. Your fellowship and friendship means a lot to me, and I appreciate you coming over.
My thoughts and prayers are with my cousins, my mom (Uncle Chris was my mom's brother), and my grandpa right now. I've heard that it's especially traumatizing as a parent to lose a child, and this is the second of three children my grandpa has lost.
BLUNOZ
From September 2007 to September 2008, this blog started out as a journal of my family's adventures around Hawaii. Then from 2008 to 2011, we lived in the Northern Virginia (NoVA) suburbs of Washington, DC. From the spring of 2011 to 2013, we called the Pacific Northwest "home." In June 2013, we moved back to the DC suburbs again. I like finding cool things for us to do that get us out of the house, so I will continue to blog about our adventures around the DC area, as well as periodic musings about whatever else strikes me as funny or odd.
Note: These are my frank and honest opinions. Nobody is paying me to write anything in my blog.
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- My name is Kevin. I'm 40-something. I have a lovely wife (LW) and two great little boys, Eldest Son = ES and Younger Brother = YB (in older posts, I previously referred to him as Youngest Son or YS). I'm a submarine officer, and I've been in the Navy for 21+ years. I started this blog to document our family adventures around Hawaii for family and friends. After that we moved to DC and then to Bremerton, WA. We have since moved back to the DC suburbs and I continue blogging about my random observations of life.
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Where'd I get the name "blunoz" from?
On my first deployment as a junior officer on USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719), I had the awesome experience of going north of the Arctic Circle. The Navy has many customs and traditions, and when you cross a significant invisible line in the ocean like the Arctic Circle or the Equator, you have to go through an initiation ceremony. When I returned from that first deployment, I got a new license plate on my car, but had to fit it into 6-letters, so I condensed blue nose into "blunoz."
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You have my sincere condolences. I will say a prayer for you and your family. Several years ago, one of my uncles died unexpectedly. It was very hard on my grandmother. I remember her saying that no parent should ever outlive their child. Again, you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. You and your family will be in my prayers.
"Life" is a series of "Interruptions" we are grateful for the "good" ones and the "bad" ones make us think. YOU have always made the best of the "bad" ones. YOU know my thoughts and prayers are with you.
I echo the sympathies of everyone else. You and your family will be in my prayers during this season of grief. I am thankful to hear of the support that you have at your church.
My deepest sympathies for you. Best wishes for you and your family.
Please add my prayers and good thoughts to the list of those coming from all of the others who are also on your side, and those prayers extends to your other relatives, as well. Losing one person is difficult enough, but multiple losses like this are even more devastating.
Oh Kevin, I'm so, so sorry for your loss. I'm sending my best thoughts your way.
I am so very sorry for your family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Father Vince once told me, "The separation is only temporary". It was comforting. I wish we were there.
Oh Kevin...sending thoughts and prayers to everyone. We are thinking about ya'll in this difficult time (and always)
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. The memorial service is on Saturday. This hit me pretty hard and I wasn't really that close with my aunt & uncle. I can't imagine the anguish my cousins must be suffering through, and I will continue to pray for them as they come to terms with this sudden terrible loss.
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