I SHOULD call him my "Hebro."
Not only is he my brother and my biggest critic ( with his sharp wit) but my hero.
He picks on me relentlessly when we are all together but it reminds me of what I tell my fellow co workers: "I only pick on the people that I like."
I consider myself a pretty funny person.
I consider my brother the funniest guy on the planet and he obviously loves me to pieces.
He has been good to not only me and my sister but to both of our families...especially after our only remaining parent died in 2002. Our Mom died in 1977 unexpectedly and our Diddy died in 2002 from West Nile Virus.
Poor (wealthy compared to us) Chris has been saddled with his two sisters ever since and like the good sisters we are, have hoisted our own problems and some of our kid's right onto his big broad shoulders.
Thank goodness he grew out of that skinny stage he was in for over 30 years and ended up being a big broad man who thankfully had shoulder surgery a couple of years back...gotta take care of those shoulders, they have a heavy load to bear!
He has taken over for my Mama and Diddy. He has been our salvation more times than I care to keep track of and 'keeps on giving.' Granted he rags me all the time, but who am I to talk about ragging people? It is one of my best qualities...finding humor in any given situation.
If you can't laugh at life...you'll end up crying WAY too often and it doesn't help anything, especially gray hair and wrinkles.
My brother used to read my blog. He probably quit about a year ago when things started going south for us. He thought "I'll just wait for the text or phone call...it'll be a lot less painful when I make out my check."
When I finally make it as a published author (and I swear I will) I have so many people to pay back and actually have a record to go by. My sis and "Hebro" are tops on my list followed by MANY friends and relatives .
I was goofing around on my blog page tonight before posting and came across some facts that amazed my tiny mind.
Over the past few months I had 7,552 views from people in the United States. I had 110 from people in Canada. From Denmark there have been 76. Russia...48. From the UK I had 35. From China I had 33 and from South Korea I had 31. Japan gave me 29 hits and believe it or not Slovenia came in with 28. Mexico brought up the rear with 17 views but it all totally blew me away!
Come on "Amigos" GET ON BOARD!! (Or Abroad)
Once my life settles down a bit and I can focus more on my desires instead of my demands and commitments, I truly think I can make something of my writing.
I am never at a loss for the written word (or the spoken one for that matter.)
Putting feelings and emotions into words that other people can read and FEEL is something that has always made me happy and also gives me a hard copy of my life, my journey and how I felt every step of the way.
I kept a journal all of my life...the first one I have is from when I was nine. I stopped the actual writing in books after Massey was born.
I picked up again when technology came along and made it so much easier for me.
I have so many things to be thankful for. I have so many things to complain about. I have so many causes to fight for (other than my family surviving.)
I think people like to read my posts. I think I write a lot of things that people only think about in secret parts of their minds.
You know what I think?
I think life is a journey and if you don't write it all down somewhere..."How will they possibly be able to remember you decades and generations from now?"
Hoping to be remembered and hoping to be a person that people will WANT to remember.
Til next time...COTTON
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