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Feeling low.
Alot of people have had awesome things to say about chuck.
Elaborate, beautifull, and very heartfelt.
All I could say was, "This sucks".
After thinking and thinking and thinking that's still pretty much all I can say about his death.
It sucks.
I ramble on and on across this blog like a loon.
Endless ramblings about gay marriages, and government, and property.
And I still can't think of what to say about Andrew.
I want to say something.
I talked to Nichole last night for a couple hours.
Every time I tried to say what I wanted to say about Andrew my vocal chords felt like they swelled up and I just couldn't say anything.
Nicha would jump in when I got "too" silent.
She rocks like that.
I miss my friends. If any of you are reading this please understand. I would love to get ahold of each of you again. And I will try. I moved away cause I wanted to see if I was the same person I thought I was.
Then the world just swept me up and I ended up in Florida. I don't like it much here.
The beach isn't that great since I love the woods and open fields much more than salty slimy fishland.
I miss my family. So much is going on and there is nothing I can do about it. I'm a thousand miles away and I really want to keep my job and my house. I like them both and I have invested in them both heavily.
This sucks too.
Being so far away.
I should have talked to him more.
Now I'm scared.
Too many people I care about are all being stalked by the cold hand of the void.
And I can't do anything about it.
That sucks too.
O'm being stalked by it as well but I'm only worried about in the way that I may not have let everyone know what I needed them to know.
Well alot of you need to know. I thought you were the bomb.
Quentin: You know. I know you know.
Robin: I'm confident you know. We got time now and again and you should know I admire respect and miss you.
Nichole: You know. You don't know everything I want you to know but I told you the biggest part of what I wanted you to know.
Matt: I got to say some things. But not everything. And I don't know if you even want to know.
Tim: I haven't talked to you in years and I need to. There are some things you don't know. Again, whether you want to know them or not is a completely different story.
Chris C: We started talking again, and I keep forgetting to call you. That's my fault. I'm still embarrased and I don't want to bug you. And I know you understand that sentence.
Chris A : You may know. Probably not. But you will.
Tom: Sheesh I need you to know . I miss talkin to you man.
Rich: You too homey. We spent too much time together to not talk for so long. I miss talkin to you.
Mike: I got ahold of you not long ago. And got the distinct impression you didn't really need me to call again. Ok. I can do that.
Doug: I want to know how you are doing. The last two times I came through the KY I tried to drop messages for you so we could keep in touch. If you never got em, then I still have to find you. If you got em and just didn't care then I'll leave you alone.
John: You need to know. I lost track of you really soon . We were still living in the same town and knew the same people and we just never got around to hangin out.
Dave: Same thing. After that trip camping I don't remember us hanging out again. I think I bumped into you a couple times but I was too busy doing nothing.
Kim: I don't know where you went. I heard scary things that still make me worry, but you were like my little sis. I miss you too.
Pat: You know to be honest. I always liked you but I can't say I ever really knew you. Hung out with you yeah. Spent time around you yeah. Saw you regularly yeah. But I don't know anything about you or your life.
I don't understand how that goes down but it did.
Joe: Another guy I always liked but can't say that I ever felt like I really knew you. Always wanted to but it just never happened.
Shane: Third in my trifecta of people I don't feel like I got to know well enough. I guess it's more common than I thought.
Kevin: I missed Kevin. Then I found him. It was another one of those feelings where I just wasn't someone he was interested in knowing anymore. That's cool. Lots of good memories though.
long distance ditto.
Kevin, you aren't the only one who let the important ones get away. Most of us don't have the excuse of living far away either. The pain is horrible and my heart breaks too, but I hope we can take comfort in the fact that we are doing all we can to take care of Andrew and Jessie. I wish you could be here too. The benefit is tonight and I want to see all of my guys. All of you mean so much to me. The story of how I came to be one of the group is complicated and painful, and unimportant now. It's enough for you and the rest to know you all saved me and I owe each one of you for giving me a safe family to be in. Take care, be strong, have faith. Angela
Kevin, you know that when I deciced to grow up and have a family I thought it was great to be away from everyone to just live my life. But now that we all have children I would like nothing more than for our children to grow up close to each other. I miss all of my family, and I know that it doesn't seem this way but I believe that all of us want to be a close family but we don't want to lose touch with who we are. I just wish that I could be closer to you and the kids because they might not have the chance to know what a great family we can be. I know we have gone through alot in our lives but it's cool when you have great brothers to share things with. I love you guys more than you know and unconditionally and I think we would all be better off if we could just grasp that fact. I will be here for you however I can. I love you.
You know what! I just had an incredible flashback.
Angela Crout posted above and it was very sweet and for about ten seconds I was wondering what kind of time we had spent together.
And I just got this enormous list of small moments. All in series though I can't tell you one way or the other if there was any order to them.
Of hugs and laughing. I can't tell you when they took place, or what else was going on.
But there were easily hundreds of seperate hugs and arms around shoulders, and waists, and leaning on each other and laughing almost to tears.
Is that not insane?
It just popped in there. I started thinking, "What do I remember about Angela?" and I remember hugs, and being close, and laughing. Jesus.
How do you forget that?
It's wonderful. It makes my ears burn with warm fuzzies.
And I thought about it, and we all HUGGED CONSTANTLY!
Think about it!
How many times has Andrew hugged you?
Quentin?
Robin?
Nichole?
Angela?
Joe Johnson?
Chris C.?
Dude I'm nearly willing to bet money that I have hugged Quentin Baker, more than I hugged my wife during my first marriage.
In a TOTALLY HETEROSEXUAL WAY of course. HAHAHA!
Holy sheebus. We weren't Hoodlums, we were Huglums!
Angela you gots to e-mail me. I want to know what has been going on with you. And tell you my shiz-nat!
How could I stop talking to someone I have hugged so much?
How could any of us?
I'm almost ashamed......
Maybe I should be........