My entire blog is dedicated to the memory of my son, Kyle Steven Stuckey. Kyle was born on August 27, 1986 at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Indiana and he died on November 4, 2007. Kyle had grown up to be a wonderful man; one quite independent, very loyal to friends and relatives, and extremely competent in his job.
Kyle graduated from Pike Central High School in May, 2005 and embarked on a career in medicine during his senior year at Pike. In the spring semester of his senior year, Kyle enrolled at Ivy Tech in Evansville in the EMT program and actually finished up his training (with the highest grade in the class) in May, 2005-before actually graduating from high school. He started work at St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville in July, 2005. There he worked as a phlebotomist for six months before being hired at Warrick County EMS in January, 2006. He stayed on at Warrick until September of 2007 when he had an opportunity to return to St. Mary's and work as an EMT in the emergency room of the hospital. He loved his job and St. Mary's, working with old friends and meeting a lot of new ones. He truly wanted to be the best; and was.
His sudden death has been quite a blow to the whole family. As a father, one's worst fear is losing a child. I don't deal with his death very well from time to time, but the last year has been very rough on us all. My wonderful wife has suffered greatly, battling depression and the pressures of her job. My son, Ryan, has also fought off horrible feelings of Kyle's passing and now is my only living son. Kyle's grandparents have also suffered terribly during this period of time. I can only wonder what other people are feeling for their loss. A couple of friends of Kyle's have actually had tattoo's made in order to remember him.
Having close friends such as Vance Hays and LeAnne Kelley have both been very supportive. My church means the world to me and the opportunity to serve God, because I know God is taking care of my son. I can only hope that one day we will be reunited with Kyle in Heaven and we'll be together forever.
So, my blog is in support/memory of my son Kyle who resides in Heaven. He is with me everyday and will always be with me. Having the love and support from family and friends somehow makes everything in my life OK.
3 comments:
What a beautiful tribute to Kyle. He is in heaven watching out for all of us.
hey neighbor!
this is a great blog and tribute.
ill be following
To be completely honest, i didn't realize who Kyle was until we (swing choir) got to the ceremony. Then i realized that i had met him before and my grandma talked greatly about him quite a bit. She was and EMT in Pike, and well-known throughout the county, when the incident with Kyle came about, my grandmother was in the hospital suffering from a stoke/anneurism. I couldn't pull myself to tell her, because i wasn't even sure if she'd remember. She as well passed in July of this year, it's been a hard hit on all of us as well, I can't say I know how you feel, but I have a taste. I'm greatly sorry for what has happened, but this blog is beautiful. Praises to you and to Kyle.
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