Kalia Gurnee - College Graduate 2009
by Phil Gurnee on May 22, 2009 3:28 PM PDT
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PrintUncle Phil is proud to announce that Kalia Gurnee graduated last Sunday from Willamette University. Her parents did a great job in raising her, not only gracing her with brains and beauty but making sure she grew up a Dodger fan even though she was raised in northen northern California surrounded by Giant fans.
Last spring she studied in Mexico where it so happened one of her fellow students had been a teammate of Clayton Kershaw's in high school. When she asked me if I knew anything about him I was proudly able to send her the Minotaur is Unleashed link. On her way back from Mexico she came by to visit and I think we watched his first ever start but I could be mixing that up, so don't hold me to it.
Either way, my wife and I are very proud of her, and her parents. She was born in a birthing bathtub her father made and it must have had some magic in it. She's smart enough to be anything she wants but she's chosen to help children who need it most. Some future children are going to be very lucky she chose that path. We feel very lucky she's our niece.
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Are you kidding, my oldest niece is 31, this is nothing. I’ve been a Grand Uncle for 10 years already.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Awesome
I’m 33, and I’ve been a grand uncle for 2.5 years. I have 13 nieces and nephews too.
by Eric Stephen on May 22, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes – I’ve got 9 with two born to a niece. I’m the grand uncle to them what are they to me? Grand Nephews? I’ve actually never met them, they are on the wrong coast.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I guess technically they are your grand nephews but I doubt the relationship has a real name. I like to tell my family that I’ve always been a great uncle, no matter if once of my nieces had two kids. :)
by Eric Stephen on May 22, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd go with grand nephew, sure
I have 8 nieces and nephews, from 31 to 3. None have children, one has married and divorced, and one has passed on. Might be awhile before a “grand” gets prefixed to my Uncle title.
In my life, I have met one Grand Aunt and one Great-Grand Aunt (my great-grandfather’s youngest sister).
Congratulations
To my Cousin Kalia,
I’m proud of her as well. Getting through college is no easy feat.
Thanks, Phil for the shout out =) I was quite surprised when I checked the site to see my name in the subject line of a post – and what a post it was!!
And thanks to everyone else who commented as well! This awesome Dodgers team and catching up on TrueBlueLA was what kept me going those last few weeks of school =)
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