I will admit that this may be one of the most difficult entries I will write. See, Number Two is only 14 months younger than I am. For whatever reasons, by the time we were teenagers, we did not get along so well.
I'm not going to air out all the things that happened over the years, but there's been a lot of ugliness - on both sides.
The most important thing to me, however, is seeing how he has made some changes in his life to the point of baptizing his daughter and blessing his son. I know there are many people praying that these changes will continue, myself included. Again, don't expect me to tell him personally - far too much pride going on here.
To this day, we still don't have really extended meaningful conversations, but I can tell you this:
For all the difficulties then and now, I truly love my brother Brian.
Happy Birthday.
