Brotherly love

I’ve been blessed at this time in my life to have good relationships with both of my brothers. Growing up I was never close to them, being that they grew up before I did, 8 and 10 years my senior. My oldest brother and I fought a lot. He thought he was the boss being the oldest, and I hated more than anything to be bossed around because I was the youngest. In the last few years though, we seem to have bonded more than ever before, partly because he has become close with MyKidsDad and partly because he somehow managed to finally become human. But this post is not about him, that will be next week. Today this post is about my other brother, because it’s his 36th birthday, and I can’t get a hold of him. See, he’s a little different. He is a thinker, an intellectual if you will. He likes to analyze, study and understand stuff, especially the human condition. He lives by himself in the most adorable little house I found for him when I had too much time on my hands browsing MLS. We have been close-ish since I became an adult. He was around a little bit more than my oldest brother so I knew him a better. I love my brothers. And today, I wanted to wish him a happy birthday. But he decided to go away for the week without telling me (or anyone else that I know of) in advance that he was going. He further decided to not only turn off his phone, but also to turn off his voicemail so I can’t even leave him a birthday greeting message. My kids were sad to not get to sing their uncle his birthday song. I get it. He wanted some time away to relax for his bday, and that’s fine. He’s a grown man, he doesn’t have to get permission or inform anyone. I understand that makes him happy, and I’m ok with that. But we really just wanted to leave him a fun message. So I will leave it here instead. Happy Birthday big brother. I love you even though you make me angry sometimes. The kids say “happy birthday uncle Fuzzy”.

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