Hey Pop-pop
I promised you last time I was down visiting that I would write you a something to put in your blog about Uncle Gary, and I've been thinking about him alot and all the fun that he was, and I started to remember some funny stories. So here
are a few memories from me...
I know that we all remember Uncle Gary as the uncle with all the toys, and I was just thinking about the fun things my family would do when we would visit uncle Gary. I remember a while ago My mom, sister Diana, and I were all watching home video's one weekend when we were home from college. We came across one video of all of us at Uncle Gary's house in Delaware. Uncle Gary had this tiny go-cart that he got out one day to entertain us kids. I think he was more entertaining himself by driving the thing at full speed and letting us kids try to chase him.
I remember I was probably four or five years old and running with all my might
trying to catch that thing....none of us every did get close...but not many
people could keep up with Uncle Gary when there was a motor involved.
Uncle Gary has probably had about 30 go carts, cars, boats, unusually fast
lawnmowers, and motorcycles that I can remember in my lifetime, but by far my favorite one was the motorized wheelchair. One time my familiy went down to visit Nanna and Pop-pop in Florida and headed over to Uncle Gary's house, we parked the car got out and walked towards the garage. Of course inside the
garage was none other than a motorized wheelchair that Uncle Gary had gotten out of some poor handicapped person's garbage and fixed. I'll never forget watching Amanda take the thing out to show us how great it worked as Uncle Gary looked on with pride at his latest unusual fixer upper toy. Nanna told us later on, long after the thing had broken for good, that some of the neighbors thought one of the kids had gotten hurt. I can't help to think that Uncle Gary probably got a huge kick out of his kids cruising around the neighborhood in a motorized wheel chair.
I also remember probably my favorite memory of Uncle Gary and his speed boat. The one he got when he moved to Florida. I was probably twelve and Diana was thirteen.



Uncle Gary took me, Diana and my mom all out on the boat and, as illegal as it was, encouraged me and Diana to drive it. I'll never forget Diana gets' behind the wheel and, of course in true Diana fashion, floors the thing within an inch of it's life (or so we thought). I remember Uncle Gary laughing and saying "Is that all you got? Let me show you how you drive." Uncle Gary then takes over and of course out does the infamously wreckless Diana by scaring the living daylight out of me and racing all over the river at Mach 1 speeds. I also remember a time when Uncle Gary took us out on the speed boat and we went tubing. I got on the tube and he "took it easy on me" (I lasted about 5.3 seconds before I was flying in the air into the water.) Once I had had enough of Uncle Gary's driving we gave Diana a go on the tube. I think Uncle Gary always knew he could push Diana really far before she would get scared so Uncle Gary always went faster with Diana and scarier. I remember when Uncle Gary got driving Diana was laughing and holding on tight. Of course Uncle Gary took that as a challenge to see how fast he could go with a person attached to his speed boat. He then floored it, almost immediately (and I will never forget this) Diana's eye's got as big as dinner plates, she flew off the tube about 5 feet
into the air and cartwheeled two times over the water before splashing in.
Uncle Gary was cracking up and sped on feeling very accomplished for beating
Diana. You would think Diana would have learned her lesson but it took a few
more times of being drug behind the boat trying to jet ski before Uncle Gary won and Diana gave up.
One more thing that has given me alot of encouragement since Uncle Gary's
funeral is a verse I came across. The day of his funeral many of us recieved a
red rose from his casket. I took mine and, just without thinking where, I
placed it in my Bible to press that day. The next day I opened my Bible to the
rose and looked at the only verse underlined on the page where the rose was
placed. The verse that was underlined was Psalm 147:3, it states, "He heals
the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds." I was in awe that that was the
verse, out of all the verses in my Bible, that God brought me to. It was just
what I needed at that time. It just goes to show that God is in control and is
looking out for us and is ready to heal and comfort when we need Him most.
No matter how busy Uncle Gary was he always had time for his family, and always showed us a good time. In true Kenney fashion Uncle Gary was a person who had a great sense of humor, a huge heart, and love for us all. He will truly be missed, but we can take comfort in the fact that he's racing around heaven
waiting for us to meet up with him so he can show us how fast he can go now in
his perfect heavenly body and show us all a thing or two.
Pop-pop I hope this is something you can add to your blog. I really appreciate
you writing it and putting time into helping us all remember how much fun and what an amazing person Gary was. I'm praying for you and Nanna everyday and I know God will heal and comfort. I love you and Nanna so much and I hope I can see you both soon!!
Love Bethany