Since I shared a few days ago that I have not been active here as I dealt with the imminent death of my brother, I thought I'd share now – at the risk of too much sharing – that my brother died this morning.

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@jstatepost I'm very grateful for your kind words and for findibng my memorial tribute to my brother worthwhile.

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@dougfir Thank you so much. Yes, I cannot thank Penny enough for the love she showed my brother far and away beyond the call of duty. She is a special human being.

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@MossyQuartz Thank you so much. Yes, it meant a great deal for all of us to be together, often crying silently in each other's arms, sharing a bit of food with each other when we needed to eat. My brother would have wanted that kind of gathering, I really think.

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@lydiaschoch Thank you for your kind words.

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@Archergal @AnneTheWriter1 Thank you very much. I'm so grateful to you.

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@Originallyrose Thank you so much for thinking of my family and me.

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@darwinwoodka Thank you — and so sorry to hear about your loss of your sister. Somehow, losing loved ones right as the holidays near is harder, I've always found.

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@shansterable Thank you so much. My brother definitely lived his life to the fullest, and I'm glad that he nurtured that venturesome side of himself that was so strong even when he was a small boy.

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@cindyweinstein Thank you so much.

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@dougiec3 Thank you so much. Yes, my little brother — exactly so. Thank you for recognizing that.

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@marynelson8 Thank you, especially for recognizing how much suffering my brother had in recent months. He was so much stronger and braver than I think I would be in the face of that suffering, and when we'd call to talk and ask how he was doing, knowing full well he was nearing death, he'd always put the best face possible on how he felt. I appreciate your understanding.

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@wendinoakland Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to you.

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@philip_cardella Thank you very much. Yes, it was a real gift that we could spend last weekend with my brother and that he was alert and knew we had arrived when we came to his apartment last Friday evening.

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@Piousunyn Thank you very much. I appreciate you.

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@akamran Thank you so much for letting me know what I wrote is worthwhile.

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@wdlindsy I hope you’re okay. Thanks for sharing your relationship with us. Loss isn’t ever easy. ️

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@mastodonmigration Thank you so much. Yes, family relationships never quite reach the artifical ideals that so many institutions have laid down for them, do they? And, somehow, we still work to find love for each other in the midst of the less than ideal. My former sister-in-law is a real role model to me in that regard.

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@Greengordon Thank you so much for telling me what I wrote was worthwhile.

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@DemocracyMattersALot I'm very grateful to you for the sympathy and also affirmation of what I say in my tribute.

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@murodegrizeco Thank you. I am very grateful to you.