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Three days ago we laid Mom’s body to rest. I keep saying “Mom’s body” because that wasn’t Mom at all, not really. Everything that made Ruby Knight the wonderful, amazing and deeply beautiful woman that she was, God brought into His presence last Wednesday morning and out of that room at the hospice. All that we did two days later was to commit her earthly remains to the cemetery. It was as far as we are able to go in this world.

I am still recovering from it, although I’m sincerely shocked at how well I’ve been able to maintain myself through it all. Have there been tears? Absolutely. But… my girlfriend keeps telling me that I’m stronger than I was a year or so ago, when this would have completely devastated me. Probably to the point of needing severe medication. But this past week has seen me the furthest ...

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At 8:26 a.m. this morning, my mother, Ruby Roberts Knight, went Home.

Thank you to everyone who has been keeping our family in thoughts and prayers.

I’m going to be away for awhile. Will try to return to this blog sometime soon.

EDIT 1:21 a.m. 12/29/2011: This has been the longest day that I can remember, from Tuesday evening on through the phone call early yesterday morning asking me to return to the hospice and then, less than an hour and a half later, Mom’s passing. Between then and now have been our family making arrangements at the funeral home, a stream of visitors to our home, and many many phone calls and text messages (my sister Anita swears that her iPhone is going to explode from all the traffic!).

Some will no doubt be wondering how I’m doing in light of my disclosure on this blog that I have ...

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Here it is: the post that I have somewhat dreaded having to make because it’s going to plunge a lot of single guys out there into tears.

Lauryn, my ravishingly beautiful cousin (okay, “second cousin” if we’re going to be technical about it) who has served as The Knight Shift’s official pin-up girl for the past few years, was married to her boyfriend Jason over the weekend! I’m so very happy for the two of them, even though this blog is losing one of its biggest attractions!

(But hey, I lose a poster gal and I gain some family: not a bad deal, and I’ve another single lady waiting to be the next beautiful attraction on this site 🙂

So here it is: the very last pic of Lauryn that I foresee posting on this blog (barring family reunions etc.) Fittingly it’s of her being escorted by her father ...

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sigh…

For a week now, even during the trip to D.C., my mind has been in agony over how to approach this.

I’ve gone over it a thousand times and more. But, I suppose there’s nothing left to do, but to go ahead and address this. And maybe… maybe… some of us can get up the courage to move on.

For a while now I’ve been posting photos on this blog of my incredibly sweet and ravishingly beautiful cousin, Lauryn. And they’ve become something of a hit. In fact, I’ve even received numerous e-mails from single guys asking, sometimes begging, me to get them in touch with Lauryn.

Here she is from a few days ago, as a bridesmaid for my cousin Angela’s wedding. That’s Lauryn on the right (with Angela’s sister Rachael on the left)…

Lauryn is a beautiful bridesmaid.

And she’s going to be even ...

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Awright awright… I KNOW that it’s been since March that The Knight Shift has had a new photo of my exceptionally beautiful, sweet and inspirational (can’t say enough how much she has encouraged me in my walk with Christ) second cousin, Lauryn. Yes in case you don’t know already, this blog has an official (more or less) pin-up girl! Okay, maybe “pin-up girl” isn’t quite the right terminology, but you get the idea.

So here’s a new one, and this one demonstrates that Lauryn looks downright gorgeous no matter what it is that she’s doing… including feasting on crabs in Maryland!

Remember guys: Lauryn is a taken gal. And even if she wasn’t, you’d have to get through me. You get through me, then you’d have to deal with her father Bob… and you don’t wanna mess with Bob 😛

So now that that is done, I’ve got The ...

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It was in 1935 that Connie Wright approached Samuel Knight to ask if he could have Ora Lee’s hand in marriage.

Sam Knight – my great-grandfather – had six sons, and only one daughter: the apple of his eye. But Ora Lee was so synonymous with her half-dozen brothers and also quite the tomboy that she had picked up a nickname that would stick with her throughout her life: “Tom”.

“No,” Great-Grandpa Knight told Connie: “You can’t marry the girl, but I’ll let you take any of the boys off my hands!”

Ora Lee Knight was 16 years old when Uncle Connie came a’courting for her to be his bride. Uncle Connie passed away in 1984 and between he and Ora Lee they had 49 years of beautiful marriage that produced four children and a whole posse of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

This past Friday morning, the fine lady who so ...

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I can’t recall posting a picture of my extremely lovely and incredibly sweet cousin Lauryn for the month of February. Even though I know that many of The Knight Shift’s male readers can’t get enough of her beautiful visage (I got two e-mails this past week complaining about the lack of Lauryn of late).

So since I’ve been posting too many videos showing my ugly mug in recent weeks, I’ll more than make up for it. Here is Lauryn, flanked by my equally stunning cousins Rachael and Angela!

Remember fellas: Lauryn is a taken lady, but she doesn’t mind being The Knight Shift’s poster gal. As for Rachael and Angela, I don’t know if they’re seeing anyone. However I feel strongly obligated to mention that their father is something like seven and a half feet tall and is a minister.

Parse that as you will 😛...

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At the moment I’m… working… through getting Part 2 of the Being Bipolar series finished (read Part 1 here if you haven’t already). Not only that but also practicing my lines for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production of Gypsy. Along with a few other “irons in the fire” so to speak.

So to make up for a dearth of new material these past few days, here is something that this blog literally gets scores of e-mails from around the world about: a new picture of my ravishingly beautiful cousin LAURYN! Okay she’s not only beautiful, but she’s also amazingly sweet, terrifically smart, and a Christian with a deep and wonderful faith (who also encourages me in my own relationship with God).

So since some of you have asked for another one, almost to the point of offering money for it, here is a new Lauryn photo…...

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And since it’s been asked for by a number of you, here once again is a photo of my ravishingly beautiful and sweet cousin Lauryn! As an added bonus, you also get to see my equally beautiful and sweet cousin Karissa, who just got married this summer!

Thank you ladies. You have contributed some much-needed loveliness to this site 🙂...

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Because you asked for it (well, a lot of the masculine gender among you anyway) here is once again my too-lovely-for-words and incredibly sweet second cousin Lauryn… and her equally gorgeous mother Robin!

No wonder they’ve often been mistaken for sisters 🙂

I would like to also show you a photo of Bob, Lauryn’s dad and Robin’s husband, but that would prolly ruin the effect…

(Just kidding Bob. Mostly :-P)...

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