What would Paul Say…..

Thursday, October 6th, 2011 | By Catherine Seven - AKA Pauls Sister, Steve Jobs | No Comments

As we all know, yesterday another amazingly talent man was taken from this earth!

It makes me wonder, what would my uber geek brother Paul say about the passing of Steve Jobs?

Paul Passed of Liver Failure, and Steve of Pancreatic Cancer >> both men taken way to soon from this planet, and had so many more visions to bring to us! and there oh so geekish humor…

One thing as I was pondering the loss of Steve last night, and looking at him… I was like OMG! wait my brother and him kinda look alike?? and when I look close… he has a black shirt on, tucked in with blue jeans! I LOVE IT!

RIP Paul & Steve and I am glad you guys can talk where ever the heck you are now!

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American Liver Foundation. Your Liver. Your Life.

Pancreatic Cancer Research - Lustgarten Foundation

 

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. ~ Steve Jobs 2005

Life is a bear, and you just have to make it a teddy bear. ~ Paul Kitwin

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Another year….

Monday, September 5th, 2011 | By Catherine Seven - AKA Pauls Sister | 1 Comment

Paul @ The Space Needle 1996

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, Real love leaves a memory no one can steal….

Another entry I am posting, another moment I feel this pain I don’t wish upon anyone….

As I am writing this the pain in my heart is a pain I can’t explain as my husband try’s to understand, there are no words to express a day that not only did we have to say goodbye to my father, but also the day I had to say goodbye to my brother…

As I weep to Duane about how it’s not fair, I just wish there was something I could of done to make it all better for my brother, Tonight is a night and tomorrow is a day I hold my heart in pain as I miss my father, i wish the anniveresery isn’t the same day that 2 important men in my life are gone. I do know when Paul passed I looked at my mom with our strange Winiarski humor and say, let’s look at the bright side, Pauls passing on Dad anniversary of death makes it easier we only have to feel this pain one time a year… But I wish it was that easy, but it’s really not…
Every year on this day, the pain doesn’t get easier…

I love you so much Paul. This night is a night I saw you take your last breath in relief of leaving the place that brought you so much pain.
My entry on this page today isn’t going to make much sense as I can’t make sense of how I am truly feeling, I feel sad, I feel mad, I feel so many ways and so many things unanswered.
But one thing I do know I am mad, I am angry that 2 amazing men are not here with us, I am mad that we can’t have them here to join our journey. I do know I truely love my brother more then words can say, I love my father as I am truly daddy’s little girls.
I want all who read this or look at this post and know my brother Paul is amazing, the last years he had where not the true Paul we all know and I only wish we had that man still, I am so thankful to have the years I have had with him, the amazing times we had in Seattle together! The brother that showed me how to use chopsticks, took my on my first fairy ride, listening to The Romans, and giving me noggies! I want all to read this and know Paul is amazing, we miss him so much and wish he was here with us but he truly is in a better place, he is away from anything he was running from and is at peace. He is with my father.
I love u brother! I am sorry for your pain, and I hope u have found peace!
Daddy, I love you and miss you!

And now that I am closing my post, I am strangely thankful I only have to post this 1 time a year, so the tragedy is horrible but a blessing in a strange way!

Thank you to all the true amazing people in my brothers world!

~ His Sister, Catherine Seven

A goodbye isn’t painful unless you’re never going to say hello again. ~Author Unknown

Special Memories of Paul… By Catherine Seven

Friday, September 19th, 2008 | By Catherine Seven - AKA Pauls Sister, Paul and His Sister, Paul Kitwin, Storys Submitted | 1 Comment

Paul & I - 91

I am trying to write Paul a letter and post my memories on the site but I can’t seem to complete it… Once I try my mind goes faster than my typing… but I thought why not just start and with time I can add more… 

The other night we took little Elizabeth (my daughter) to her fav place to play, and I thought I could feel my brother was there watching… I was SO happy! I thought that was great.. Paul and our Father is sitting right here and is able to watch his niece grow up… and see what kind of mommy I am!…  

Great Memories of Paul… Paul and I would talk on many occasion, we started to get close again over the last 3 years.. But as I was a teen there was nothing more than wanted to be with my BIG brother Paul…

Paul was a wonderful brother, growing up we had a bunny Paul named Guido!, and a bird name Floyd >> Yes Paul knew how to name his animals! Paul’s love for animals was always!

 Paul’s Hobbies growing up (besides guns): Paul used to love to take pictures, he used to take pics of me and enlarging flys to make me look like I was petting them – in fact the house we grew up in, our father made a room in the basement just for Paul “The Dark Room” so Paul could process and develop is artwork. That is when we would sit down in the dark room and listen to the stray cats and be sooo cool! ( I will post those pics soon)

Paul then left for the army…  but he kept in great contact with us, came home for the holidays, I don’t think he came home for the present, I think he flew the whole way to give me noogies, and have wrestling matches. But nether less Paul loved us and WE LOVED PAUL!

As you can see in my path I wanted to be like Paul, and if you knew Paul there is NO reason why anyone did want to look up to Paul!
(I may be babbling but this feels good to share my thoughts, to share the wonderful brother I had!)

Paul converted me into being a vegetarian in 92, I started wearing all black in 91… moved to Seattle in 94, wore safety pins in my trench coats (always), we would go to the DV8, and see shows (I think that is what it was called) But my favorite was the Vogue in 92! Listen to the Ramones ”Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” I started adopting cats from PAWS, as soon as Paul introduced me. Paul and Suzanne took me out for my 21st b-day we started at Capitol Hill then ended the night at the fenix in Pioneer Sqauare….

As you can see Paul was a monument in my life, someone I could look up to for every aspect! Some look up to the statue of liberty, but I looked up to Paul Winiarski…

Paul married Suzanne, and started a new wonderful life with her; he then changed his name to blend the two of them forever! Paul Kitwin (Kitch and Winiarski)

Paul & I have wonderful memories, Thank you PAUL! Thank you so much for teaching me the way you taught me, I would not be where I am today if I didn’t have your path to follow!

~~ Your Sister Catherine Seven (Cathy Winiarski)

Paul, I LOVE YOU!

Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | 1990's, By Catherine Seven - AKA Pauls Sister, Paul and His Sister | No Comments

Smile and you will LIKE IT!

Paul, I need to thank you for everything you have shown me, thank you for taking my hand and walking me through the good and bad times, you where more then a brother to me and I WILL never forget that…

I know you know how much I love you! Thank you for all my memories! But most of all thank you for being YOU!

You always knew how to make me smile even if you did it for me!

ON this page: http://www.paulkitwin.com/?page_id=6 you can send images and stories, and I will post with in 48 hours!

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