Friends of Chris Connors

On June 7, 2014 Chris Connors and Kristin Kuzmanich tied the knot. While the ceremony was held at the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University, the reception was held at a central location in their lives- Bishop Blanchet High School. The venue was apropos for a couple who both teach at the school. Here they began their friendship, coaching soccer. Here they fell in love. They survived many hardships and hurdles in their pursuit to be husband and wife. It was a beautiful, joyous day.

Chris and Kristin eagerly looked forward to their first summer as a married couple. Having delayed their honeymoon until December, they began to create their home in earnest. A significant remodel had begun to create rooms for the girls. It was to be a summer of a nascent family entertaining friends, laughing, working in the yard, completing their home, and enjoying their newlywed status.

Exactly two months later, Chris and Kristin were dealt a severe blow. Instead of celebrating two months as newlyweds, Chris and Kristin were in the hospital, receiving the news that Chris not only had stomach cancer, but that it was inoperable and incurable. Doctors have said it will be an amazing feat if Kristin and the girls have even six months with him. We are now racing against time.

Chris was in the hospital for 17 days during his first hospitalization. He finally came home for five days at the end of August, but was rehospitalized after acquiring an infection which his compromised immune system could not fend off. This back and forth between beingh home and hospitalized is becoming the new norm for the family.