Dear Uncle Kent, I can’t believe it has already been a year since you have passed on. I feel bad that I hadn’t seen you in a long time before you had passed on. I remember the day that I went to see you in the hospital. There was a water bottle cart and mommy grabbed one and gave it to me. After I drank it all, I went to go throw it away but I felt like I couldn’t. I didn’t have any memories of yo...u besides mommy’s pictures and things in my mind. I took my water bottle home and I put my prayer beads in it. After that I sprayed my favorite perfume in it. After that event at Mishnock barn, I took my bracelet off from it and put it in my bottle. Every night I look at it and think about you. I really do miss you and I wish I got to say goodbye. I remember you would come over all the time at old north road and hang out with us girls. You would be sitting on the long couch and me, riley, and Cassidy would be in a line waiting for you to do our hair. You would braid our hair and put a bunch of clips in it and it would come out so cute :) You would go on talking about how you wanted to become a hair dresser and we would come and be your first customers. I just loved it when you would come over because wherever you were, you would just brighten up with your beautiful heart and soul. I remember when you would come over and be like “So, who wants Taco Bell!?!?” you would take all of our orders and go to get it and come back with our food and be so happy and smiley. I also remember Christmas with you. It was never complete unless you were there. You would always come over with bright rosy cheeks and you would help decorate the tree with lights and ornaments. The holidays were the best with you. The point of me writing this is that I wanted you to know how much I love you! I would like to thank you for giving my mom such an amazing friendship and I am so glad you took such good care of her and were always there when she needed you the most. You are a true angel and all of your loved ones plus me know that. I know you aren’t my actual uncle, but you will always be an uncle figure to me…love, you’re not exactly niece, Kayla
Kerri Clarke..thank you so much for that..i feel almost blank as to what i wanted to share today..i was giggling all the way through this and can certainly put a few add ons to make you giggle right back..the day kent went missing was awfu
...l..i remember the panic and you crying on the front steps..i have only seen you cry like that twice..fred went searching the other half of the neighborhood in a panic as well..he will never forget that either..usually the first story he brings up..he told me he hid under the bed cause he got in trouble and fell asleep..if its one thing kent could do was sleep..i remember sleeping on the couches..you on one kent on the other (in superman underoos) and me and kelly on the floor(watching rad for the millionth time)..lol..i remember playing school in the back room downstairs and kent always wanting to be the teacher..his future goal was to be a mathematician and an artist..we were both going to go to risdi..dunno where he was going for the math..haha..i still dont even think i truly know what that is exactly..as far as girls..kent and i had a jr high competition..he won..how many boyfriends/girlfriends to tally up..hey it was 7th grade we were 12 and a jr high relationship lasted from friday night dance til lunch monday never speaking through the weekend..but in the end..i had 22 and kent had 23..and yes the same people counted..think steve b and ryan b accounted for a good 14 + on my part..lol..there were so many girls chasing after kent..but who could forget stefania..lol..now for the bmx stuff..your parents are saints allowing you guys to rip apart the yard and make it into the neighborhood track..i was not a very good rider..ask kelly about me trying to use the scooter on the track when gary wasnt there (no girls allowed)..i fell and ripped apart my knee..but not to worry kelly apparently had first aid training and poured alcohol right in it..i bet you can still hear the screams..lmao..so my skills stayed hidden away in the rocky hill food hut feeding all the rest of you with kerri c..proms..kent may have outdone the jr high dating record with the amount of proms he went to..but he saved ours for me..no matter if we had a boyfriend/girlfriend..he was the life of the party..i remember being like a week late having riley (dressed as a fat white nurse) my ankles were swollen twice the size and kent dragging me to the dance floor..next thing ya know hes gone and i hear him yell my name i look up and hes on the stage..and starts doing the laso move pointing at me..he jumps off the stage and continues the laso..somehow i wiggled my big pregnant but toward that laso cause who could refuse that..before ya know it the dance floor clears out around us and before ya know it kent was dancing in the circle with janet f and a few of the other wild girls from the special needs classes..there were splits and dips..lol.. straight out of a movie :)..couple more things..the tree..every year he had absolute control of my tree also..from my moms at arnold up until i moved from old north he made sure he was there to decorate..keys..haha aaa many times..and wallets.. actually maybe this is part of the mothering thing i still say while getting out of the car with someone jingle your keys...ok..i am done for now..i am so happy you posted this kerri.. we will keep him going forever through stories, memories, and love..we were and are always going to blessed by having him..I love all of you very much..he will forever be missed and in our hearts xoxoxoSee More
Today, I think of you and my heart is full of love and beautiful memories. Remembering the day you were born. The days of you as a toddler and how you never crawled on your knees.(Dad called it hitching). You would just pull your self around with one arm. Kelli would crawl all over you. I remember the day when you were about 6 and fell asleep under Meme's bed and we couldn’t find you. I was hysterical running down to Stephanie's house to see if you were there I thought you had been kidnapped like that boy Adam. I still remember that fear and now I know experienced the real ache ..all along you were sleeping under the bed. I remember all the "Gallivanting with Meme" the restaurants and shopping. We loved it! I remember Christmas time when you were little it was always art supplies, school supplies ,and socks. I remember we loved to play school and office. We would turn your and Gary’s bunk beds into a tent or pretend we were on a boat Or dress up and pretend we were in a rock band. Out of the four of us you were the only one that looked forward to school. The end of summer would come and we would all be sad and you would run around saying "I smell school coming" uugh? You loved school and all the girls flocked to you. Little did they know. I remember the days of you Gary and Kelli Bike racing at Rocky hill Or riding the track you guys all built in the yard. I remember the days of the "z cavaricci" craze you were in. All the jobs you had lol “sandwich Artist”. All The house sitting at the castle and the Locatures. All the kids you worked with Johnny Angel, Michael Kamatian, Michael Asey, Nick Gramiger, Andy Locature and so many more you loved them all!! All the proms you were in and owning your own tux ?Only you!! Who didn’t you go to a prom or homecoming with?? Then there were the times with Cory. You were the only one to get thru to him. Anytime he and I would fight and he took off . You always knew where to find him. The days of you making signs for his football games and getting the bleachers to yell "#30 getting dirty". Always a proud and loving Uncle with them all. Billy and Alex’s baseball games you and Matt would come to. The hospital visits with Alex trying to hold the kid down for me so he could get stitches or etc. All the nights with Shannon and Jim doing wreaths hahaha. All them Dave Matthews concerts. All the nights of you on one couch me on the other (we never slept in our beds.) Every night the “night god bless love ya sleep tight”.I remember How when the kids were little and we didn’t live together you would come over at 5 am to see the kids after staying up late helping to put together toys! You would come in and fall asleep on the the couch exhausted. And then the Tree addiction you had. Ironically last year on Dec 5, I found an old Christmas thing that Ryan made in first grade. That’s the year I had moved back home with the kids. It was A santa clause made out of construction paper with cotton balls for the beard and you opened it up and he wrote a story. It said…” Today I got my tree. We brought it home and my uncle didn’t like it so he went and got a new tree. Then we got to decorate the tree. Then my uncle took the decorations off then he decorated the tree. PRICELESS !! I remember showing you that last year the day before the accident and you laughing saying that was every year !!So true .. you were in charge of the tree. The kids would always decorate it and you would let them enjoy and once they went to bed .. all off and done the way you wanted. NO COLORED LIGHTS !!! WHITE ONLY !!. That same day Dec 5th I also remember you trying to explain the what the words in the Song “Sex is On Fire” mean. Mom was mortified and we were laughing hysterically that’s the last day I heard your laugh. I could go on and on. I remember all sunburns you would come home with after every special Olympics. All The keys and the wallets you lost… Never ending. The BMW days . Your love for the mirror and the metrosexual that you were. The Awesome massages .The nicknames for all of us Mama Jones, Pa-dad. ,Kuralyn, G Rock, Hen, Corka, Wilum-Jo, Alejandro ,Ryguy, Gavman, HayHay(Angel Princess) Spaceboy, Laverne, Shit/Shan Dog/Donkey Whore , Jeannie the weenie.or Neaner. The weddings and you being the center of attention on the dance floor. Speaking of wedding I especially remember Allison and Craig’s wedding New Years Eve 2000. The day we met Dan and how relieved and handsome and happy you were to be free… to be yourself and how loving everyone was and accepted you for you! Like I said I could go on and on but it all sums up to one thing …and that is LOVE !! Your passionate Love for your Twin, your love for Gary And Myself and all our children. Your love for Matthew, your love for dad, and you friends but most of all the love for mom has always been what has made you extraordinary. I am lucky to be loved by you and will carry all that love and all those memories everyday wherever I go. Its never goodbye “always See you Later” and that will be what gets us all tru. Love you always Kerrilynne
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