A Few Facts
Vincent was born while his dad was serving with the U.S. Navy in Afghanistan; they met for the first time when Vincent was about six months old. They spent two weeks together before his dad went back for several more months.
Vincent was short, typically measuring between the second and sixth percentiles in height.
Vincent was elated when he learned that some people make a living out of telling jokes.
Vincent was an ardent collector of toy swords. His arsenal included swords made out of leather, plastic, and wood. More recently, he made several toy knives out of intricately folded pieces of paper.
Vincent excelled at Taekwondo, and he was one step away from earning his black belt prior to taking a break from his training due to the coronavirus.
Vincent was a natural performer, and although his ballet career lasted only 45 minutes, he was greatly anticipating starting a theater class in the future.
Vincent would sometimes take food that he didn’t like and hide it somewhere in the house, which led to his siblings or parents discovering his rejected morsels long after they were fit for human consumption.
Vincent enjoyed being a Cub Scout, but he was only mildly interested in having a functional Pinewood Derby car.
Vincent had glasses for the last few years of his life, but he did not particularly like wearing them—and he certainly did not like looking for them around the house.
Vincent had a tough time hitting the ball for the first several games of his 2020 baseball season, but after some hard work, he improved greatly and was so proud when his coach gave him the game ball after one of his better performances.
Vincent disliked rain and thunderstorms after being caught in a rather severe storm at Disney World during a family trip in 2019.
Vincent went through a phase of wanting to “work out,” but he typically would just sit on the couch watching an exercise video.