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Feb 09, 2009, 08:48 PM
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Thanks so much everyone. I appreciate all of you keeping me in your thoughts. 
I will not lie. Today was rough. I was sorting through some of her paperwork and files and came across a bag full of old sympathy cards that she had received when my brothers died.
It was UNBELIEVABLE to me to be standing there with those cards in my hands, realizing what an incredible loss it is. Not only to me, but to their wives and their children. 
But I also realized that, although I have had my share of issues in relation to those losses, I am still standing. And breathing. And living.
I know a lot of you have read the story I wrote, Copper Trees, after my favorite brother died. ( Here's the link in case someone wants to read it-- http://forums.psychcentral.com/showp...28&postcount=1 )
Well, today I found the receipt from the donation my mother made to have my brother's name engraved on a leaf and put on the tree. I also found a brochure about it that I didn't know existed. It was called the Serenity Tree. I tucked the info inside the magazine the story was published in. I thought it was fitting.
It was a tough day.
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