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Am keeping busy, enjoying the work that I am doing (capturing people's weddings on video), find it creative and it brings love and beauty into my life, their lives and the world...
My brother is gone, and I'm well aware that he is gone...I don't want to mentally block out those 40 years of his existence as though they never happened...I WANT to remember my brother...still plan on editing more "tribute" videos of my brother when he was here, from old video footage that I captured, when he was alive and well...and HAPPY! It's how I want to remember him. It's how HE wants to BE remembered.
Am forging a very deep relationship with my new "brother" a buddy who came back into my life last year, who also lost someone that he loved, his mother...and our discussions are very intellectual and very deep. It's exactly the kind of therapy, I think, that we both need.
All of this is filling the void! It's been almost 6 years...
Just wanted to offer all of you hope.
My brother is gone, and I'm well aware that he is gone...I don't want to mentally block out those 40 years of his existence as though they never happened...I WANT to remember my brother...still plan on editing more "tribute" videos of my brother when he was here, from old video footage that I captured, when he was alive and well...and HAPPY! It's how I want to remember him. It's how HE wants to BE remembered.
Am forging a very deep relationship with my new "brother" a buddy who came back into my life last year, who also lost someone that he loved, his mother...and our discussions are very intellectual and very deep. It's exactly the kind of therapy, I think, that we both need.
All of this is filling the void! It's been almost 6 years...
Just wanted to offer all of you hope.
My turning point was when I decided that Christmas is not about my brother. I now rejoice (and am a bit jealous) that he celebrates Christmas in all it's splendor and in person with our Lord. I then turn my thoughts to our Lord as the holiday is about him. I allow myself to be sad and not decorate until AFTER my brother's anniversary date.....and then it becomes all about the reason for the season and knowing that I am blessed in so many other ways. It doesn't mean I don't love or miss my brother any more....cuz I do, but I am still in the land of the living and my brother would want me to carry on (he was not selfish like that).
It took a lot of counseling, processing, and integrating to get to the place that I am at and hope others will do the same.