Not ready to write about some stuff right now.

I may write about my nephew's services but it is too soon for that right now. My brother is a basket case.

Thanks for the prayers and well wishes.

I have seen too many kids gone before they should have. It does not get easier as I get older.

Makes a guy kind of reflective on life.

You will survive and are not alone in your misery. About a dozen years ago, I lost an 17-y-o son to the after effects of a birth injury so I am NOT a stranger to such things.

Earlier this evening, I spent some time with an older friend who is losing his 30-ish daughter to brain cancer over in Wisconsin. She has three good teenage boys that have high aspirations, and a sperm-donor only dad. At 70-some years old they may come to live with Grandpa when cancer wins it"s battle with her, which will be soon.

I finished out the evening (and just got home at 2 AM local time) with 2 GOOD friends, one of whom lost his 79-y-o Dad earlier today/now yesterday to a stroke. Living in a small community, ALL our lives have crossed paths at some point.

We had a HELL of an evening swapping tales and lies in the big farm shop recently built by his now-deceased Dad. His older brother, about a year or two younger than me, died in a car wreck while in high school back in the 70"s.

That kid"s GF, on the rebound, married a guy a couple years older than I who farms the land that borders mine on the east. They raised two GREAT daughters, one of whom is now a veterinarian. She STILL puts a rose on my buddy"s brother Kevin"s grave every memorial day, after all these years.

So there is ENOUGH grief and misery to go around in MANY of out lives and we ALL have to cope with it to the best of our abilities!

JD, I'm thinking of your brother but I feel helpless because there's nothing I can do. I know you will be there to help him. Jim

Saying sorry is not enough. Words cannot express the sorrow you and your family are coping with. With the grace of God you will all get through this. Just know, you and your family are in our prayers, you will not walk alone and will be carried when needed.

We are praying for you and your family, JD. Others said it better, you are not alone. This "family" and friends on this site will be here to support you and ready when you are to help you.
Bruce

Consider yourself and your family hugged.

ditto what nancy howell said

what Nancy said....

Take your time, you are the only one that needs to know.

My one Uncle was an undertaker and he told me one time after a relative died. "It's okay to cry". Two weeks after my Wife's brother was buried I broke down at the kitchen table and my daughter was 9 at the time asked what was wrong? I told her and just sharing those words helped me. It takes time.

Can't say much more, that has already been said. Just do the best as you can under the circumstances. Glad you are there for your brother, and his family. Keeping you, and your families in my prayers. Stan

If you just want to talk JD, you've got my number. I"ll listen.