Stephanie
My Brother ~ He is whispering to us all ~ this is dumb you should’ve just gone fishin’ and cracked open a cold one, said a good word and moved on.He was always there for me, anytime I needed him. For any us ~ he would be there for us for anything if we needed him.I loved him and I admired him so much growing up that I wanted to know everything that he knew ~ I wanted to be everywhere he was ~ I wanted to do everything he was doing. He didn’t always appreciate that as much as I thought he should ~ I mean I know that he always loved me~ but he didn’t always like me.I remember a time that our parents finally thought that we were old enough to handle being alone for an evening and I did something to make my brother mad at me and he locked me out of the house. So the neighbors called my parents and told them that I was outside screaming. Needless to say we both got a little trouble for that one.But we soon figured out that we were a good team and he would finally let me drag Maine with him. Steve had a CB in his little truck. I was just beside myself when he let me talk on it. His handle was “hotdog” and I was “little red”. I just knew that we would be inseparable like a super team.I remember one year sitting at grandma’s house on Thanksgiving and looking at each other while everyone else was in that turkey coma. He looked at me and said “do you want to go to Louisiana?” And I looked back at him and said “sure, why not?”. So we told our parents we were leaving and going to NewOrleans ~ I’m pretty sure everyone thought we had lost our minds. However, our parents couldn’t really say much because they had taught us to follow our hearts, be adventurous, and if you want to know what is down that road ~ you gotta go down it. (Before google maps) That was one of the best road trips! We were a great team ~ I knew my brother had my back no matter what. He knew the same, I had his back no matter what.I am blessed to know how much Steve loved me and I am confident that he knew how much I loved him.This is a crazy journey that we call life here on earth, never miss an opportunity to tell someone that you love them.