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This page is dedicated to Kira’s Journey and fight with inoperable & cancerous brain tumor. OK, a lot of people are asking when/how this all happened. Thank you!
This page is for friends, family and supporters of Kira and her fight with brain cancer. This started Friday 11-3-17. We learned of the diagnosis 11-9-17…
Many people following this that are friends of Robert’s (dad), Wendy’s (mom) or Kira’s (Baby girl). Just wanted to give an idea how this played out. If You want, you can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/helpkirafight or directly to my paypal
77th 25th…. There is something very special about this video… we were both listening and sharing the experience simultaneously…. I was impressed that she loved this song… but it was along with her friend, Charlie Poole, that she was experiencing this little trip down a music lane that she wasn’t exactly born on… I love this moment so much. We shared so much plane time. I supposed it’s no surprise that I’m on a plane today, May 25, thinking of my girl as I often do when I’m on a plane. We flew so much during her treatment. Even the week before she was diagnosed, we were on a plane to Wisconsin for my sister’s wedding - which is where I’m headed now - for work… years later… I went to see the Michael movie last weekend - which I have opinions about and didn’t know what to expect when I went. I grew up with the Jackson 5 and with Michael Jackson and all the things that went along with that - verses people who may just be being introduced to that whole sh*tshow now - no offense. But I love this moment either way with my girl…. Another 25th… half the people in my life don’t even know what this is about anymore. Strange world. But I know… I know exactly what the 25th is to me… I treasure those who have been with me on this journey and those who are just learning a still loving deeply. Thank you always to all of you… forever and always ❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟
04/25/2026
76th 25th… so I sold my place in La Jolla - where I lived for the last 7 years… where Kira said she was going to heal, where I experienced the EMTs carry her out on a gurney in one of the scariest days of my life… where I sat in solitude during Covid right after Kira’s passing… where I have cried the hardest tears I’ve ever cried…. Soul shattering despair where I don’t think I could feel closer to the ground without sinking straight to the middle of the earth. I moved from La Jolla to Little Italy in San Diego… a 2bdrm / 2 bath to pretty much an efficiency. I left my job of 12 years and am now the CEO of a law firm in Milwaukee. This all happened in less than 6 weeks. A lot of change. I love where I live - I love the new opportunity I have been given work-wise - I never thought I’d start over professionally… but here I am and I’m intimidated, feel a little imposter syndrome and live in a completely different place. I’m not even that far from where I used to live - but it feels like a plane ride away. Everything is different. Today, I went out for a walk (which is a great thing about Little Italy) and there was an art walk. There were so many beautiful things on display. I love art - I have way more art than I have wall space - hands down…. A whole quarter of my living room is filled with art where I have no idea where it will land… some I just love, some from Zane, some from Sonya, some from other friends or family. But, I came across an artist today from Mexico who had a peice that I loved - it’s Frida. Of course it is the 25th. And it’s not paint. It’s not sketch… it’s straw art… which I have never seen before. I met Edgar - the artist. The technique is very meticulous and really incredible. I don’t know where it will end up. But, it’s mine now and it’s perfect. I don’t know how these 25ths will be now that I don’t live near the beach - although I do live near the port… so, there’s water. So much change in so little time and yet… it’s all the same really. Love and hugs to you all… thank you as always for your continued support and encouragement. This is a time of change and adjustment… all in the right direction. I’m eternally grateful for this journey and the lessons along with it.
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03/26/2026
75th 25th… Kira has always reminded me of Frida… those forever eyes, their beastmode grit, love of art, their determination through struggle, those brows! their style, their similar life’s journeys, their natural magnetism and intense impact on so many who knew them and those who didn’t… and just sassy, sassy, sassy… I have Frida art and portraits through my house because, well, they’re beautiful and they just are a vibe I love…. Today, I was out and of course there was a woman with a giant Frida tattoo on her arm… of course there was ❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️
Miss my girl…
Just cause I was browsing through old photos/videos… ❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️
02/27/2026
74th 25th (except it’s the 26th)…. Big heavy sigh… I think this is the first 25th that a 25th has past and I missed it…
I’m sick - not sure exactly what’s wrong… the internet says I have cancer or an std or some sort of terminal illness - but I’m pretty sure it’s just a very bad cold and a pretty decent level of work/life stress and no sleep…
and I just now realized it’s the 26th… *gulp*
No way am I making it to the beach today - although it’s really pretty outside…
So, I’ll just leave some photos that made me smile as I looked at them - Kira wouldn’t be upset that I missed yesterday. I know that. And if I weren’t such an emotional crybaby when I get sick, I’d probably be more ok with it than it feels in the moment…
Love and hugs 🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟
01/26/2026
73rd 25th… I woke up this morning with my kitty, Olive, snuggled all next to me, purring… as happens every morning since she came into my world… i tell her every night, let’s go, time for night night… and she does and she sleeps with me all night until i wake up, scoot around her, cover her gently with the blanket while i start my day.
Since Kira was little, she often slept with me… but especially, as a teenager, she slept in my bed with me regularly. Often it started in the evening and we would watch Say Yes to the Dress or Chopped or Frazier or Ink Masters or True Blood or or or… and she and I would both crash out… I would inevitably wake up either in the middle of the night or just earlier than her and just watch her… I fell in love with those moments… she was gangly and restless and talked in her sleep… and she giggled the giggliest giggle sometimes and my heart would just burst. Before and after her diagnosis, I knew I wanted to memorize her sleeping. Her sweet breathing, her snuggling (or punching) me, her porcelain skin, the little freckle on her cheek, her changing facial expressions as she dreamt, her fabulous eyebrows, her everything. I knew it was perfection. I never wanted to forget those quiet, peaceful, beautiful moments… just her and me… and the awe of her life and the luck of mine…
My sweet kitty is a completely different animal (literally), but she reminds me of these moments and, for that, I am so grateful.
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01/03/2026
Had a dream - very brief dream last night… woke up smiling and feeling awkwardly silly… but Kira was in it… I didn’t want to forget it, so at 1:30ish am, I texted myself the following (unedited) and the look Kira gave me in it is a combination of some or all of these photos… ❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️
Dream - kira waiting for me while I was competing with Bobby flay and I was trying get her all ready so we could leave right away when I finished and put her in a Santa onesie that didn’t have feet so I was trying to tie the ends of the legs so she and all the other stuff I shoved in the Santa suit wouldn’t fall out. It had a hoodie and pockets and she looked so cute - 16ish years old - had her hands in the front pockets and just shrugged and smiled a small smile like ‘ok here we go’
And that was it… I went back to sleep.
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12/26/2025
12/26/2025
72nd 25th…. 6 years… what… a little boy who witnessed my little ritual had just gotten a Polaroid camera today for Christmas and he took photos of the roses we tossed in the ocean and, sweetly and shyly, his mom came over and said he took the photos and wanted me to have them… they’re the black and whites in one of the photos… my girl… lives on with me, with you, and now, with him… ❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️🤟❤️
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