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On that note... Remember what your brother feels about your worry.... I left Texas in 2007 to avoid the potential of a marriage, and moved, eventually, to a very remote spot in NM. I was home twice during that time, and actually called back maybe 4 or 5 times. I was mountain man.

Imagine my surpise when I wound up at Albequerque University Hospital with all of my sibs that were CONUS at my bedside... and my rickety old mom (God rest her). Such an outpouring of love, I've never seen before. As a result, I'm closer to my sibs than I have ever been since my voice changed.

What you do, matters. Prayers, visiting, asking for prayers etc....

But even very ill men have a sense of humor and appreciation.

I got gigged by one nurse in the Trauma Care ward when she told me that my mother was there. I asked her to fix my hair... I have long hair.. and then cocked my head to the side, with a blank stare and a drool.

I won't repeat what the nurse said about my little joke. But even a hurt kid needs to laugh... if it doesn't hurt too badly.

/johnny