Dreaming of a simple way

My little brother

Well, I've mentioned my brother Tommy in previous posts ( I think) I say little but seriously he is 6'6" and weighs 240 lbs! So not little at all! All three of my brothers are big guys and my dad... I myself am 5'10" and weight over 200 lbs, my 5 year old son William is often mistaken for a 7 year old! He is 63 pounds! Anyway, size is not what my post is supposed to be about. It's supposed to stick with my younger brother. He was home (meaning in Oregon) for the past 3 weeks from the middle east. He left today. Why? His wife Karly was pregnant with their third child (first girl) and he was here for her birth and then her funeral. She had been diagnosed at 20 weeks gestation with Trisomy 18. It is not a hereditary disease but does have to do with her genes. They named the baby Hannah. She looked a lot like my brother even though she was 8-10 weeks early. My brother is the kind of person that holds his emotions in, like a lot of men. Well we found out on early Sunday that when he drinks that is when he lets his emotions out! Apparently he was at a bar in town with his wife and some of their friends and something happened where he got kicked out of the bar. I am not going to go in to a lot of detail but a lot of things happened and his stress just finally was too heavy for him to carry anymore. So he is not going back to the Mid. East like was planned, he is going to Norfolk where he'd been stationed before going to the ME for about a year, for some evaluations. We don't know how long he will be there or if he will go back to the ME. He wants to go back to the ME. Our family would like him to be safe here in the US of course! But we are just praying for him. He apparently has been having nightmares of Middle Easterns killing him and hadn't told anybody. He is the oldest person in his platoon and the only one with kids, and a family to take care of "back in the states". That has got to be a tremendous stress on him having to keep his "double life" in order and going smoothly. I don't know if there is anyone reading this, but if so, please pray for him. Thank you.

Blessings

Katie

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06:11, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 .. Posted by Rhen

Prayers are already at God's ears and all is in His hands. Also, may God bless your whole family with the strenght and courage you all need to help your brother and support him and his family.
God Bless,
~Rhen

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12:00, Friday, March 30, 2007 .. Posted by cindy

Know that my family and I will be praying for your 'little' brother and his family. Times will be hard for a spell but the Lord will carry you all.
God Bless and keep you all
Cindy B

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10:07, Tuesday, May 29, 2007 .. Posted by Spring978

praying for your Brother and family.