Samantha mentioned a few weeks ago some things about my brother...mainly that I miss him a lot more than I let on...which I do. I wish he was still here, I miss watching movies with him, I miss having him tell about a cool new CD, or him giving me rides to a coffee house so I can get a caramel white hot chocolate, while he got one of his pretentious caffeine fixes. The last few years of his life he was dating one of the best guys that I knew, they were both happy and he took care of my brother. Since my brother passed away, his boyfriend has stayed in touch and made sure that I made it through adolescence without too much damage. I was thinking about that today, so I decided to rummage through his boxes we have in the attic... I found his journal, is faux journal (the diary of a wanna be scenester) I forgot how artistic he was! Towards the end of his life he was doing portraits of his favorite music artists strictly by shading in with lyrics to their songs.
Maybe I’m just imagining this, but I think we have the same smile.
I'm not sad that I went through his things today, I'm actually really happy that I did. I miss him, and I'm okay with that.
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You two do look amazingly alike.
Sorry it has been a while, I am currently without internet.
I have to tell ya... "the missionary department wanted to make sure I was seeing my bishop every month to make sure I'm not suicidal, buying a rainbow thong,or moving to San Fran"
Best quote ever... I forgot I was in a library when I read it and laughed out loud... now I'm just that weird lesbian girl laughing out loud in the library...
Yay for the first day of school...
Hey my friend--I loved this post. Your brother is beautiful--thank you for sharing him with us. You are truly amazing and I love you.
Thanks for sharing. It was really good to hang out with you at the EG Conference. You're brother sounds like a very caring individual. I wish that type of relationship with my own brother.
Wonderful to hear about your brother! I wish I could have known him too.
What the heck to these guys have against rainbow thongs and San Fran?!?!?! The nerve...!
Hey, I'd love to have those quotes/notes from Ty. Thanks for the offer. I think they would help a lot. You can email them to: mortalrealm@gmail.com
Thanks. See ya in a few weeks.
To all of you that have brothers, cherish them like our buddy here does...some of us aren't blessed with them, period.
A very honest and moving post. You can really feel the pathos of it.
I'm sad I've never had a really close brother. Maybe it's the SSA that keeps me from being honest with them, I don't know (although I've suspected they may struggle as well).
But, I guess, that's just part of the whole issue with me not ever having the degree of male intimacy I want/need. Sorry for being so clinical on your post. It was a good one.
Thanks.
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