R.I.P. my Brother

Many of you already know about this if you keep up with the Prayer Request Thread but I thought it was worthy of a thread of its own.

My older brother was killed last week when his vehicle ran into the back end of a tractor/trailer that was parked on a turnout along side of the road. On impact his vehicle caught on fire and both it and the body were burned beyond recognition, leaving dental records as the means of identifying him. Even though we were pretty sure it was going to be him the wait for the identification took painfully long.

We will probably never know what caused him to hit the truck. With his past medical history there is a possibility he had a seizure while driving but fire burned up any chance of determining that. It is possible that he fell asleep behind the wheel as well, along with the possibility that he did it intentionally. I don't think there is much chance that we will ever find out what really happened.

Rest in peace big brother. We weren't always close and we had our share of ups and downs, but I always looked up to you when I was growing up and was always proud to have you as my big brother.

I know your time here wasn't always easy but I believe you touched a lot of people in ways that maybe you never realized yourself. As is probably quite often the case I doubt that you ever had a clue how much I looked up to you over the years. It's not something brothers probably speak of often, but now I know I will never get a chance to let you know that you were someone I respected and in many ways wished I could emulate. That may surprise you to hear but it was quite often the truth.

Goodbye Bro'
Love you man.