Aid the Ketcham Family in Their Time of Grief

Dear Friends & Dance Unlimited Families, As the Founder/Director of Dance Unlimited for 30 years, I had the pleasure of knowing one of the most special families, The Ketchams. Tiffany, Kevin and their four boys were a part of our dance family for almost 13 years. Tragically, Kevin died unexpectedly, leaving Tiffany and her four boys to navigate life without him and uncertain future… Please find it in your heart to donate what you can to help Tiffany who is now a single mother. I know our D.U. families care deeply for one another and will be there to support her during this tragic, heartbreaking time… Thank you. Erin Riley-Carrasco

From Tiffany, Kevin's wife:

Kevin Ketcham will be forever in our hearts.

We tragically lost him suddenly 9/1/2024. Kevin wasn’t supposed to be 45 forever. He was the best husband, father, brother, son, uncle, grandchild, bonus Dad, friend, nephew, cousin, neighbor & role model I could have ever hoped for for our 4 children. He loved our life & he was my person. We spent over 25 years together building a life & a family! He was my partner when things got tough & could always make me laugh or just cuddle me up to make me feel better after a hard day. All I want right now is to hug him & feel him breathe near me. He’s in everything everywhere I look but he’s nowhere for me to tangibly reach out to, his smell is already gone & I’m yearning for him. We are heartbroken, in shock & my mind is spinning in disbelief of how I can possibly get through the diversities of our life & medical struggles without my partner, my person, my love!! If you knew us well you know we divided & conquered which worked for our daily crazy life but now I don’t know how to do the half he did, he didn’t know how to do the half I mainly did. It’s how we beat the odds of being too overwhelmed all the time. It’s how we did life & it worked for us. we stayed married & committed when most relationships would have broken 10x over, we vowed to never give up on each other. We promised to God to always be there for each other. When Kevin had his heart attack in November & he came home after surgery I keep looking at him smiling & saying “I’m so happy you’re here, I thought we were going to loose you” & he said several times “You can’t get rid of me that easily, I’m not going anywhere baby!” He was taking incredibly good care of himself & was doing fantastic! He had a condition called familial hyperlipidemia & was under treatment for it plus on post heart surgery drugs. His prognosis was good. God had other plans & I’m broken asking why God! Now I have to figure out how to do all the things he did & figure out finances, medical insurance & payments & money for what will be an eternity without my love, my hubby, my rock!

The kids are all in different degrees of grief, shock & upset. My house is broken. I need a white flag, friendship & a lot of prayers for our family for a long time to come as we chart through the unthinkable of grieving & learning to sail this ship with a gigantic Dad sized hole in it. I’m so broken … I'm just so sad our life with Kevin is over & the kids will never have anymore memories with him. We made some incredible memories happen in the last year especially considering the circumstances & we were both so very proud of that! We wanted to give the kids a summer to remember & we did! We saw family & road tripped & did a lot of firsts together! But that wasn’t supposed to be the last … he wasn't supposed to be 45 forever. We spent over 25 years as each other's person & creating a family. Our boys are not done growing up, Tristen 21, Kyrin 14, Trae & Kolton are just 12 & all NEED THEIR DAD! That’s too long to live life without your Dad & seeing mom as a widow. I'm sad at all the holidays & life events to come & birthdays & graduation etc without him. He made everything fun! He made life worth living. He completed me, he completed this family. How are we no longer a family of 6? All I want is to wake up from this bad dream & run into his arms for comfort & cry it out till he makes me feel better. He always knew how to make me feel better! He’s the master at turning my tears into laughter somehow!

No decisions have been made yet except Kevin was taken to Eternal Hills yesterday & we are waiting for family to help me choose dates & details.

I love you all! Kevin loved you all! Please hug your family a bit tighter & don’t forget to say I love you every chance you get!!