Happy 35th Birthday, Dear Brother

Yes, it is that time of year again. The one day that tugs at my heartstrings unlike any other.
I have not seen my brother in 15 years or so. I have never met his wife, my sister-in-law, nor have I met my niece or nephew.

It’s a shame. My life is finally coming together, but there is still one hole left. A future area to work on with Dr. Steve, I suppose.

And so, my unseen and unheard wishes to my brother today, on his 35th birthday: I hope that you are healthy and happy. May this life be or become everything that you have always wanted it to be.

With love, from your sister.

I’ll leave you with the lyrics from ColdPlay’s “Talk” which settled in my head when I was thinking about my brother the other day:

Oh brother I can’t, I can’t get through
I’ve been trying hard to reach you ’cause I don’t know what to do
Oh brother I can’t believe it’s true
I’m so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
Oh I wanna talk to you

You can take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or a write a song nobody has sung or do
Something that’s never been done

Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
Well I feel like they’re talking in a language I don’t speak
And they’re talking it to me

So you take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
Or a write a song nobody has sung or do
Something that’s never been done, do
Something that’s never been done

So you don’t know where you’re going and you wanna talk
And you feel like you’re going where you’ve been before
You tell anyone who’ll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing’s really making any sense at all, let’s talk
Let’s talk, let’s talk, let’s talk