Ken, et farvel /a farewell

I dag fikk jeg den triste beskjed om at søskenbarnet mitt hadde forlatt oss.
Today I got the sad message that my cousin had passed away.

Vi var ikke spesielt nære, har ikke møttes på mange år, kun snakket litt på Skype for en tid tilbake, men han var søskenbarnet mitt. En del av vår lille familie.
We were not very close, hadn't seen eachother for years, just talked a little on Skype a while back, but he was my cousin. A part of our little family.

Ken bodde i Texas i mange år, og det var der han traff sin kone. Hun har nettopp kommet til Norge og de hadde startet sitt liv sammen her, da han for 2 måneder siden, ved en tilfeldighet fikk vite at han hadde dødelig kreft.
Ken lived in Texas for a lot of years, and that was were he met his wife. She did recently join him in Norway and they had just started their life together here, when he, 2 months ago, was told he had terminal cancer.

Ken har lecd livet og opplevd mere enn mange andre på sin alder, av både gode og vonde ting. Skutt Bjørn Canada (?) samt bodd mange år i USA, velutdannet og selvlært i sin profesjon, funnet kjærligheten i Texas, og flyttet tilbake til Norge. Totalt fikk han nesten 44 år.
Ken has lived and experienced more than others on his age, both good and bad. He's shot bears in Canada (?) and lived years in USA, well edjucated and selftough in his profession, found love in Texas and moved back to Norway. He was close to 44.

Mine tanker går til hans nærmeste familie, som har hatt noen tøffe år, og nå får dette på toppen. Vår lille familie blir stadig mindre.
My thoughs goes to his closest family, that have had some though years, and not this on top of it. Our small family is just getting smaller.

Hvil i fred, Ken
Rest in peace, Ken