Note from my brother...eileen

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Thank-you for these beautiful thoughts about your brother Bert and his beautiful

words to you. Your thoughts brought up my own thoughts about my brother who I

have been slowly getting reaquainted with after a lot of years of distance.

Heres to brothers,

blessings,

jan

 

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wrote:

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> I received yesterday a small package from my sister. I thought it was an ad

for her foundation. As I opened it today I was thinking I do not have $ to send

this year as I have in the past and was wondering if I should go ahead and send

something -

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> When I opened it there were three envelopes- one said open me first- so I

did... it was a note from my sister in law - the wife of Bert the brother who

passed last year. She said she found a birthday card in Bert's things for

" sister " She thought it might have been for my sister Rena whose birthday in in

Oct. Then she decided there was no way to know who he had in mind for this

card. So she sent it to Rena who sent it to Mary who sent it to Bennie who then

sent it to me... I now have the card that was intended for one of us.

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> I had been thinking of Bert just last night as I was in my quiet time - as I

watched the little blue pin dots float in my vision I asked hey Bert are you one

of these little dots?? And I then talked to him a bit asking for his guidance

as I travel this road.

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> I also was thinking of forgiveness - who would I forgive today and I thought

of Bert and realized he never did anything that needed forgiveness from me. He

was a wonderful brother - always there when I needed something - he treated me

with respect and love. He built a life full of caring for others and his

environment and his family.

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> I do not think I have really mourned Bert's passing- I was too busy trying to

keep my life in some kind of order. I would love to again share a few moments

with my brother- now all I have are the memories of times spent - the laughter

he was always finding over life's situations- his legacy of his two daughters

-his down to earth look at life-

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> We had a discussion before he passed on the possibility of things getting

really bad and having to defend what you have - he told me he would not fight

for survival - he would do what he could but to live with guns and fear was not

how he would choose to live - he even mentioned taking a pill to end his life.

A man of convictions - a man who knew his heart and what was important to him.

He loved his family his wife his two daughters and his friends - he was an ever

true friend to many.

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> How does one measure a man's life??? I ask : Did he love and was he loved -

Yes to both with Bert- he loved from the deepest part of his heart and he was

loved by so many in his community and his memory lives on in those he touched.

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> Bert you are missed I always wanted to grow up to be like you - even though

you were younger than me - you displayed a wisdom and a knowing that many of us

search for all our lives.

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> Thank you for the Sister card- you are forever in my heart and one day we will

be together on a different plane and I will again see that smile and hear your

laughter.

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> The card read: " Some friendships last a long long time while others quickly

end, but to have a loving sister is to have a lifelong friend! "

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> Blessings...

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