Hey Dan

My brother is coming to visit. I more excited about this then you would probably think. He will be the first relative of mine to actually travel to Texas to visit me. In the almost 13 years my father has been here about 4 time, and my sister and nephew have been here once. Other then my father they were all just passing though and saw me for a few minutes. Dean bought a plane ticket to travel 1200 miles to see me. Now I know that my family loves me. It is just that every time I hear the “why don’t you come visit more” question, I cannot help but feel that it lack some level of equity.

In the last 13 years I have built a type of family here. A great circle of friends who make sure I have a place to go if I need to talk, someone to spend a holiday with, and share the great moments of our lives with. We talk about our families a lot. Sometime when we are talking about family type events, I feel like an orphan. This will be the first time I can introduce someone to the wonderful people in my life as someone who has known me all of my life (or more then 13 years.)

Thank you… you are the best brother ever. It is always nice to see you, but making the effort means a lot to me.