Happy birthday brother

I'm of course the little guy

August 5th has always been somewhat of a special day for me primarily because August 5th is my older brother's birthday. This is the brother which is just 5 years older than I am and he was the one who actually acted like a brother in all the areas that Brothers can be as far as I know Brothers to act. All I know is that I seem to be always is Target of teasing and physically abusing. Luckily at being 5 years older than me he was rarely in the same school building as I was. I vaguely remember him being in the building when I was in first grade but then he was soon into the seventh grade and Beyond and gone. I know this sounds somewhat negative but it's the way things were at least in my family the older kids picked on the younger kids I don't know if that was learned behavior or what but certainly seem to be the way. We got along though all things being equal we liked more or less being each other's company we know anybody else's company except for our best friends. We did a lot of stuff together like going to movies, going to the fair and a lot of Church events it seems like. I did not necessarily look up to him like I did my older brothers the ones just older than he. This brother was more realistically a brother because he was like me and I could see he was like me and I had to accept him as that because that's the way that it was and things were not going to change.

It's kind of funny being older now because I think things have changed. My brother and I have developed a whole new relationship much more supportive and enjoyable. For the most part my brother has somewhat distanced himself from the rest of the family. I'm not sure why but he's kept my relationship with him pretty strong. It's not like we see each other a lot we don't but we really started communicating with each other a couple times a year on the telephone or cell phone or however you want to say that. We should visit more and if I could travel or I lived in the same city I would try to physically hangout with him more than we've ever done before. I don't know how realistic that would be because he is such an singular individual. The only thing he does is really go hunting with his son once a week usually on Sunday. They've been doing this for years. I quite admire my nephew for being a supportive of his father as he is. This birthday will be his 79th! I know he's been through some significant medical issues the latter part of his life and frankly, I'm quite surprised that he's still with us. He's strong however deriving a lot of his personal strength from within. He's a survivor always has been. He made it through multiple tours of Duty in Vietnam. He came back and settled down it had a productive quiet life in Boise Idaho. Happy birthday big brother, I'm sorry I could not be there in person. I enjoyed our conversation on the phone this morning actually I was on the bus going to my meeting. I hope you have another one next year if so I'll call you again… that's if I'm here to call LOL..