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Monday, January 23, 2012

My brother, Michael

I'm sandwiched between two brothers. In high school, they were both exceptionally cool and I .... well, I was not. But that's ok. Bruce is a year+ older than me, Michael is a year+ younger than me. Can you imagine how TIRED my mother must have been?!

(this was taken before #6, Darryn, came along ... I think I'm 4 in this picture which makes Bruce 5 and Michael 3 ... Camielle is the oldest and Jennilyn is the baby)
Anyway, thinking about Michael today. When we were teenagers we were very best friends. I can remember many nights one of us going into the other's bedroom, sitting on the bed and talking. And talking. Forever. Hours would pass so quickly. I had crushes on his friends and he had crushes on mine.
We talked about friends, we talked politics (he was a die-hard conservative and I had no idea what he was talking about), he was a poet and I was one of the few who could talk him into sharing his poetry with me, we talked about books and movies (well, when that subject came up, he talked and I listened), we talked about dreams of our futures. I always thought Michael would grow up to be a courtroom judge. I don't know why. He's one of the most connected people I know - you want to get in touch with anyone about anything and Michael will have a connection that can make that happen. And, this is a crazy thing, he's working on his PhD right now - weird, considering my lack of degrees :) Smart. That's what he is. Anyway, he was just a really good guy back when we were kids. And he's a really good guy now. And I miss him.


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7 comments:

  1. You are blessed to have them as your brothers. Although I have an elder brother, I have my own unique story of my SPECIAL brother.

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  2. Very sweet. I'm exhausted just thinking about your poor mother. We have a new puppy and I'm exhausted just running around after her :)

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  3. That was so sweet. It makes me miss my brother to hear how much you love and miss yours!

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  4. Yep.......that's our Michael! ~Camielle

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  5. Wonderful to have a brother like that! Good for him for getting his PhD.

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  6. I had so much fun with all of my sibs last month. Playing games was a blast! But I have to say, whenever I think of Monopoly, I think of Michael and his 'just visiting'! All we need is a little Wednesday Morning 3 am' going in the background while we play till the wee hours!

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  7. how wonderful that you shared THAT relationship with your brother.
    I have only one daughter...and 4 sons
    she was in the middle...and was pretty close to her brothers.
    When our Matthew died...it was hard on her...(and All of us of course)
    wonderful to have close family ties.

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