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to know kenny is to love kenny...
Kenny was an amazing young man with a huge heart and charm that could break a smile on the meanest mans face.
Kenny, from the time he could walk, was unorthodox in his actions - yet as his life progressed he yielded more results in 18 short years than any of
us . He never took anything too serious, Kenny was a character, some kids have character – Kenny WAS a character, in the finest sense of being.
When he walked into a room, everyone knew it, he didn’t just show up at a party, he was the party. He had this unmistakable way of bringing out the
passion in those who loved him, sometimes smiley passion, sometimes the kind of passion where steam would be coming out of your ears. But...
to truly know him is to love him.
Kenny was more than just a comedian, he was also an amazing friend and compassionate boy. He impacted everyone he met and he did his
good deeds cloaked in a style that never let you see it coming because he was genuine. He didn’t do the things he did for attention or fanfare, or
community service points or any self-serving attribute but instead, he did what he did with sincere compassion as his only motivation. That’s not
just a “feel-good” statement – there are so many examples throughout his young life…he was the kind of kid you begged to have for a friend and the
kind of friend who gives up his doughnut unconditionally (and Kyle knows all about that). Kenny was the kind of friend who dances to the music only
he can create in his head, yet everybody digs it…the kind of friend who you knew had your back no matter what...to truly know him is to love him.
There have been many moments that have imprinted indelible marks on our lives – but all these memories tie together as a testament to the life
Kenny enjoyed and shared. Kenny was always happy – even when upset at something he found a way to be happy just a little bit…and its always
been that way, from the time he would wake up in his crib and never really cry, but just stand up and shake the rails screaming, undoubtedly
rendering the baby version of James Brown's “I feel good”…to the more recent times where he would just yell random thoughts at the top of his
lungs to anyone who would listen and no matter where he was – being shy was definitely not an issue for K-Griff...to truly know him is to love him.
Most importantly, he was by far the most forgiving individual ever - and that alone is a great testament to the person he had become in 18 short
years. Like all remarkable people, Kenny leaves behind a legacy that insists on recall, and this recollection is framed by memories and moments
that are so permanent that he will remain in all of our daily lives forever…and that’s where he’d want to be. None of us will look at things quite the
same, instead, we’ll see things from a perspective that has Kenny’s touch on it, and while he leaves us down here with that perspective and those
memories to keep us going, we have to find some condolence in the fact that somewhere in the afterlife, Kenny, being the young gentleman he is,
has gone ahead to open the door and prepare the party for the day when we meet up again. And know this for certain, he’s touching someone
there, generating more smiles, and pop locking and dropping like heaven has never witnessed…we’ll miss him terribly, and now he is gone but not
forgotten – as he would say…never ever…ever…ever…ever.
Kenny was an amazing young man with a huge heart and charm that could break a smile on the meanest mans face.
Kenny, from the time he could walk, was unorthodox in his actions - yet as his life progressed he yielded more results in 18 short years than any of
us . He never took anything too serious, Kenny was a character, some kids have character – Kenny WAS a character, in the finest sense of being.
When he walked into a room, everyone knew it, he didn’t just show up at a party, he was the party. He had this unmistakable way of bringing out the
passion in those who loved him, sometimes smiley passion, sometimes the kind of passion where steam would be coming out of your ears. But...
to truly know him is to love him.
Kenny was more than just a comedian, he was also an amazing friend and compassionate boy. He impacted everyone he met and he did his
good deeds cloaked in a style that never let you see it coming because he was genuine. He didn’t do the things he did for attention or fanfare, or
community service points or any self-serving attribute but instead, he did what he did with sincere compassion as his only motivation. That’s not
just a “feel-good” statement – there are so many examples throughout his young life…he was the kind of kid you begged to have for a friend and the
kind of friend who gives up his doughnut unconditionally (and Kyle knows all about that). Kenny was the kind of friend who dances to the music only
he can create in his head, yet everybody digs it…the kind of friend who you knew had your back no matter what...to truly know him is to love him.
There have been many moments that have imprinted indelible marks on our lives – but all these memories tie together as a testament to the life
Kenny enjoyed and shared. Kenny was always happy – even when upset at something he found a way to be happy just a little bit…and its always
been that way, from the time he would wake up in his crib and never really cry, but just stand up and shake the rails screaming, undoubtedly
rendering the baby version of James Brown's “I feel good”…to the more recent times where he would just yell random thoughts at the top of his
lungs to anyone who would listen and no matter where he was – being shy was definitely not an issue for K-Griff...to truly know him is to love him.
Most importantly, he was by far the most forgiving individual ever - and that alone is a great testament to the person he had become in 18 short
years. Like all remarkable people, Kenny leaves behind a legacy that insists on recall, and this recollection is framed by memories and moments
that are so permanent that he will remain in all of our daily lives forever…and that’s where he’d want to be. None of us will look at things quite the
same, instead, we’ll see things from a perspective that has Kenny’s touch on it, and while he leaves us down here with that perspective and those
memories to keep us going, we have to find some condolence in the fact that somewhere in the afterlife, Kenny, being the young gentleman he is,
has gone ahead to open the door and prepare the party for the day when we meet up again. And know this for certain, he’s touching someone
there, generating more smiles, and pop locking and dropping like heaven has never witnessed…we’ll miss him terribly, and now he is gone but not
forgotten – as he would say…never ever…ever…ever…ever.
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