Yes, it is that time of year again. The one day that tugs at my heartstrings unlike any other.
\nI 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
With love, from your sister.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
\nOh brother I can\u2019t, I can’t get through
\nI’ve been trying hard to reach you ’cause I don’t know what to do
\nOh brother I can’t believe it’s true
\nI’m so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
\nOh I wanna talk to you <\/p>\nYou can take a picture of something you see
\nIn the future where will I be?
\nYou can climb a ladder up to the sun
\nOr a write a song nobody has sung or do
\nSomething that’s never been done <\/p>\nAre you lost or incomplete?
\nDo you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
\nTell me how do you feel?
\nWell I feel like they’re talking in a language I don’t speak
\nAnd they\u2019re talking it to me <\/p>\nSo you take a picture of something you see
\nIn the future where will I be?
\nYou can climb a ladder up to the sun
\nOr a write a song nobody has sung or do
\nSomething that’s never been done, do
\nSomething that’s never been done <\/p>\nSo you don’t know where you’re going and you wanna talk
\nAnd you feel like you’re going where you’ve been before
\nYou tell anyone who’ll listen but you feel ignored
\nNothing’s really making any sense at all, let’s talk
\nLet’s talk, let’s talk, let’s talk\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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 … Continue reading