Kevin, we miss you so much. I'm tutoring this fall, and I know I will be thinking about you all the time. Love you.

My dear nephew, six years ago we lost you so tragically. I pray to you and for you every day along with my sis --your mom --and now....my dear son and beloved husband -- who's death's I'm now mourning. The grief I feel from the deaths of those I love so much is paralyzing and life changing. I've lost my joy for life. All I can do now is pray for all the dear souls of the faithfully departed. May you all rest in peace. I also pray and hope to be rejoined again with all of you in eternal happiness in the loving arms of my husband and our dear Lord.

Missing you as always Kevin. Kathy turns 60 today and her birthday is always a little less happy because we lost you. Love, Vic and Kathy

I can't believe it's been 6 yrs. I talk about you all the time - especially at this time of year when the new interns arrive. I remember everything we shared working together at Cambridge. You will never be forgotten and will always have a special place in my heart.

Kevin, I am now older than you were when you left this earth. Your wisdom is missed, but the echoes of your love and mentorship remain with me.

Happy birthday, dearest Kevin. Certainly an angel -- who is watching over all you held close to your heart .. and laughing and smiling with your beautiful smile. Love to your family.

Dear Kevin, Happy Birthday dear friend. You never forgot a birthday and I'll never forget your's. You were a gift from God to us all. My heart is filled with gratitude for the blessing of you. I love you and miss you.

Kevin was a good friend and classmate of mine at DLS. We had our 40th reunion last night and we all miss him. Stories and laughs were shared. Kevin was truly a great guy.

Hard to believe it's been 5 years, Babycakes. Your memory and all you gave us are just as vibrant as ever. Aki sent me a photo from France yesterday...you would be so proud of the young lady she is becoming. You WILL NOT be forgotten...thank you again and again for your generous love. Miss you every day.

Keviin, the thought of you is only one of joy and of a person who can completely light up a room with sheer goodness. I will remember you all of my life. You continue to be an inspiration to so many people and I feel completely privileged to have had you in my life. With loving memories of you my friend....

Still thinking of you and hoping you know it. It's somewhere around 20+ years since I've heard your voice or seen you. This is the impact you have on people, greatest of mentors.

I still miss you. Just the other day I said, if every human being showed the kindness that Kevin had, this world would be a much better place. Boy could we use you now!!! But I like to think that you have left your spirit with all your family, friends, and colleagues. You are always in my heart.

Dearest Kevin: 

Our hearts were broken five years ago--it was a dreadful day.  Many of us are still not mended and are still suffering from your loss in different ways. 

Five years ago today you may have left us as an earthly being, but you sure haven't left the hearts and minds of those who loved you, of those you loved, and of those you had such a tremendous impact on in your 52 years.

You are alive everywhere! Your spirit lives on all around us--through Naoki, Aki and Nobu, your extended family and friends and your students and collegues... you left us a huge legacy of love.

We still so miss your smile & laughter, your happy heart, your intellect, your love, your music, your stories, your passion for life and medicine and helping people and saving lives --those less fortunate and those suffering. You inspired so many people.

We were honored and lucky to know you, Kevin Allen Mack.

We continue to be proud to be your Auntie and Uncle, and we continue to celebrate you -- often. At milestone anniversaries like today however, many of us will be in deep reflection of you--remembering all of what you meant to us. We will recognize your contributions and the impacts you have made and the love you put into everything. We will listen to your voice in our head, your music in our ears, and, we will look at pictures of your smiling eyes. We will feel in our hearts the pleasures you still give us through these memories. 

Thank you!

My dear Kevin, you were a sterling character of a man and I know I am a better person today because of you! 

Forever Missed!!

Love, Auntie Laurie and Uncle Dick

In so many countless ways we miss you in our lives, dearest friend and confidante. Our hearts still ache from our loss. I tell my children often about you--they are at the age that I first met you. How I wish they had had you in their lives to make the difference you made in mine. Praying for you and your family, Kevin. Please pray for all of us, too.

So many days I wish to talk to you, Kevin. You touched me where it hurt and helped me heal. I wish there were more time. Your energy and spirit do live on, but oh how we long for you.

Kevin, we think of you often and miss you frequently. Wish i could tell you so many things.

I do not forget you forever. The lecture that you have done at Kyoto in Japan was splendid. Many your japanese friends do not still forget you.

Wow, you would've been 57 dear Kevin. Loved talking to you on your special day. You loved your birthday and you loved everyone's birthday. You truly made every day special for the people in your life.  I miss you so. We all miss you so. Your light and love are still shining dear nephew. xxx Aunt Laurie & Uncle Dick

I still teach in primary care and still have the benefit of Kevin's insights as to how to help people learn and care and flourish. I miss you, Kevin.

Kevin, every year we have a memorial grand rounds at SF General to honor your life and spirit, your passion for education and innovation, and your love of connection and connecting others, and the playfulness that you brought to every activity. Jeff Bridges in his book The Dude and The Zen Master talked about not distinguishing between work and play: plork! You embodied that philosophy and helped spread it to others. This year's talk was something that I developed with Gilbert Villela, how the archetypal figure of the Trickster can bring creativity and new perspectives to art, science, patient care, and education. It was the best way to honor you on your birthday! So as much as we all miss you, we get to celebrate your life and continue to remember you, our dear friend and mentor, in a way that I hope you would have wanted. Hugs, to you, and to all of the friends, colleagues and family whose lives you touched and infused with laughter, learning, and love.

Ah Kevin, I can't believe it has been another year. Finding out I was pregnant this year was bittersweet without you to celebrate with me. You always said I needed to tell you first, right after I told Andy. I had all of PES stand in for you, when I went in the chart room and screamed out the news. Thank you for convincing me it was a good idea! And thank you for being such a loving person to everyone. I try to emulate that, as best I can.

Kevin, I think of you a lot and wish you could swing by my office again on your way home so we can talk technology and innovations. Would love to share kid stories with you now.

Ah, dear Kevin, you were remembered and celebrated so much yesterday, on the 4th anniversary of that dreadful day. We lit candles and said prayers. Susan B. and I toasted to you with champagne and memories. Aki and I texted (her, from Paris...) about how much we both miss you. But then, you probably already know all of this...
Your light shines on...love love love you , Babycakes! oxoxox

Your impact of open-hearted love is lasting, dear friend. This would have been a good year for you to celebrate that. Miss you still.

How DOES one impart such joy and love to everyone at the same time, yet, singly. Kevin?

I have good news for you- my late stage cancer is gone! I am cured of cancer, and it will never come back. Kevin, why me? I can't help but wonder if, just maybe, Kevin, you helped me out.

I love you, miss you, and know you are happy, and live on in two worlds.
Sandie

Dearest Kevin: I miss you and need you more today than any other day with the sad news we rec'd on Uncle Dick yesterday. Please help me and guide me through this difficult time. So many of us have been so lost without you. It's sometimes hard to answer...."what would Kevin do?"  I hope you are a happy soul dear one. You deserve to have peace. Loving you always and forever. Aunt Laurie & Uncle Dick

Dear friend, your legacy lives on. Thank you for showing us how to love. Miss you but holding you always in my heart.

Kevin - Four years already. And you've left me with an impossible goal, you rascal. Every day I try to carry all my friends and acquaintances around in my mind the way you did, and generously give my time to thinking of ways to benefit each and all the way you did, but every day I get too caught up in myself and my own little projects and I fail again. How did you get like that, I wonder? Did you teach yourself to be that generous, or did it just happen?

Oh Kevin I can't believe it's been 4 yrs! On June 26th, the day "love won", my oldest sent me a text "what a happy day! Kevin would have been so happy". You and Naoki made such an impression on my 2 sons - part of who they are as young men is because of their interactions with you! I miss you all the time! xo

Dearest Kevin.
So wish you were still here, so much to share with you. I love you so much.

Kevin, I smile and think of you each time the JMP students show me how powerful and fun it is for them to take the reins of their own learning adventure. Love and peace.

Dear Kevin,
You brought so much into this world and left so much behind as well. My experience at Kalamazoo College was brightened because you were part of it. I loved you dearly....Maureen

Thinking of you as I often do dear nephew, but today was your special day. I recall how you always remembered everyone's bday. I miss your contagious happiness you had for everyone. You are so missed.

Yes, sweet Kevin, another year has passed, and this is the 4th year we will not be able to celebrate our November birthdays together like we used to do. Although somehow you and I are always communing, and we celebrate joyfully together in spirit, if not in flesh. I think of you every day and love you still.  oxoxoxo

To my truly remarkable and unforgettable friend. Saying a special prayer for you on your birthday. Miss you.

Every time I enter the Joint Medical Program offices I am reminded that were it not for Kevin, I wouldn't be so involved with this treasure of medical education. His contributions vividly are reinforced every time a student stands up to teach her/his peers, asks a question, or draws insights from the learning process Kevin introduced and now is being imitated all around the country.

Hi Kevin,
Nora Volkow gave an awesome grand rounds in the department this week. I attended it from home sitting on my favorite couch, using My access remote system. It's a wonderful innovation that was once on our wish lists as teachers.
Louai

The world felt safer to me when you were in it. Missing you, thanking you for your friend Amin.

Kevin, very much miss your presence in this world and in the work of health. From someone who knew you too short a time.

It's been 3 years, Kevin, and I am still learning lessons from how you lived your life. You are so missed in this world.

I pray for you often, Kevin, and I get so much comfort knowing that you are praying also for all of us! You have been gone for three years now, but you are present always in our hearts. You have given us a deeper understanding of what it means to love and that is quite a legacy.

There's not a week that goes by my dear nephew that I don't think of you, hear your voice talk to me about something, or actually see your smiling face just appear before me. Keeping you close is a comfort I cherish.That may be likely because I pray for you and I pray to you every week as well. Will always miss you here with us my sweet soul.

Three years already...how can that be? Kevin, your spirit is so close, you are always with us! I talk to you at the garden ("Kevin's Corner") at SFGH... and Aki and I now text each other, keeping you with us! Gone but not forgotten...never were there truer words!

Thinking of Kevin will always generate a sense of joy and gratitude for me. Kevin was a unique person and a true friend. My life was much richer for having him as part of it. I miss him and wish his family peace. He was a gift to all of us.

Wishing you were here as always. I miss your incredible combination of wisdom and humor. 
You sure are missed and loved around here, you know...

Dear Kevin, I think of you all the time. Thank you for showing us a better way to live. I think you were somehow able to hold all your friends in your mind at the same time, in a sort of virtual theater, where you would imagine what would be interesting and delightful meetings and doings of each individual friend...and when a delightful possibility occurred to you, you would then call that person at 10 o'clock on a Saturday and tell them your wonderful thought. Thank you for that. I don't believe I'll ever have the energy and selflessness to do that, but it's a goal to strive toward. Say Hi to God for me.

Saw Kathy and VIc in Ann Arbor back in September and we reminisced about our relationships with you and the some of the visits we had over the years. You are missed. In my thoughts and prayers.

Still think of you often, you were so loved and admired, a true shining star. If you meet Jo give her one of your big comforting hugs and lots of love, miss you both......Anne xxx

Happy birthday Kevin. Remembering your smile, your laugh and your hugs, with all of our love. We miss you so much.

yes, you are forever and always alive with us Kevin dear! We miss you like crazy!!!!