This song has always reminded me of my brother. He is almost ten years my senior, but he has always been like my little brother. He would wake me up on Christmas morning at 4 a.m. to check our stockings with the enthusiasm of a child. His dreams are unconstrained and though they rarely come to fruition, he's always imagining the possibilities. A ( Read more... )

Three years ago I posted about health issues with my brother. http://niblet81.livejournal.com/1848.html Basically he was given a couple years to live and we were (and still are) devastated. He has taken a turn for the worst and at least a couple nights a week his blood pressure is so high that ( Read more... )

So I was planning on updating tonight anyway with little tid bits of goodness and silliness since I haven't updated in two months; my one year anniversary coming up this weekend, the root canal I had this week without Novocain, the new cat castle in my living room; but nothing really throws one into a few moments of contemplation more than a doctor ( Read more... )