Posted for Philip Stenning:
I have known Kye since a few days after he was born. The picture on the top right above was taken when his Mum, Christine, brought him for a visit to my house on Algonquin Avenue in Toronto, when he was still a baby. He is being held up by my daughter. Both of my children adored him!
The other photos were taken when Kye was, I think, about 7 or 8 years old. They are a few of many that I took when Christine kindly agreed to come to my house with Kye and sit for me, so that I could practice portrait photography.
Kye was a lovely boy who benefited enormously from the unconditional love, devotion and guidance of his parents during his childhood. He was always kind, generous, thoughtful and inquisitive, and had an engagingly wry sense of humour. He was, however, I think, very shaken up by the untimely death of his father when he was a teenager, and I think never really got over that loss. Nevertheless, he pursued his dreams with passion, whether that of becoming a musician or preparing himself for the working world as an adult. He seemed to have a natural ability to attract friends.
Because I was living overseas by the time he had become an adult, I did not see him as much in his later years, as I had when he was a child. But I always took every opportunity to spend time with him and Christine whenever I visited Toronto, and saw him mature into a caring adult who was always the apple of his mother's eye. I last saw them, via Skype, enjoying their 2020 Christmas Eve dinner together.
Kye's unexpected and untimely death is a terrible tragedy, which no mother should have to bear. It prematurely and cruelly brought to an end a life that had shown so much promise. And as so many others who have left messages on this site have confirmed, he was a much loved friend who will be greatly missed and never forgotten.
R.I.P. Kye. And my most sincere condolences to Christine.
With much love,
Philip
Posted for Philip Stenning:
I have known Kye since a few days after he was born. The picture on the top right above was taken when his Mum, Christine, brought him for a visit to my house on Algonquin Avenue in Toronto, when he was still a baby. He is being held up by my daughter. Both of my children adored him!
The other photos were taken when Kye was, I think, about 7 or 8 years old. They are a few of many that I took when Christine kindly agreed to come to my house with Kye and sit for me, so that I could practice portrait photography.
Kye was a lovely boy who benefited enormously from the unconditional love, devotion and guidance of his parents during his childhood. He was always kind, generous, thoughtful and inquisitive, and had an engagingly wry sense of humour. He was, however, I think, very shaken up by the untimely death of his father when he was a teenager, and I think never really got over that loss. Nevertheless, he pursued his dreams with passion, whether that of becoming a musician or preparing himself for the working world as an adult. He seemed to have a natural ability to attract friends.
Because I was living overseas by the time he had become an adult, I did not see him as much in his later years, as I had when he was a child. But I always took every opportunity to spend time with him and Christine whenever I visited Toronto, and saw him mature into a caring adult who was always the apple of his mother's eye. I last saw them, via Skype, enjoying their 2020 Christmas Eve dinner together.
Kye's unexpected and untimely death is a terrible tragedy, which no mother should have to bear. It prematurely and cruelly brought to an end a life that had shown so much promise. And as so many others who have left messages on this site have confirmed, he was a much loved friend who will be greatly missed and never forgotten.
R.I.P. Kye. And my most sincere condolences to Christine.
With much love,
Philip
