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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor
It’s a Saturday night so I’m going to spend some quality time with my family but I just wanted to share I got some news yesterday which has made me a bit confused, emotional but also not..
my brother is going back to prison
he has already done time before and reoffended
I don’t see him much but he is still my brother
I don’t respect many of his choices but he is still my bro, and I feel sad for him
I wish more could be done for him
In response to: I dunno
PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
Hi @ArraDreaming
You pretty much wrote how I feel about my youngest brother. Even when I was 8 years old, I used to sleep with him because I just love him so much.
I'm sitting with you if this is alright with you. My youngest brother is a functioning- he works- naughty boy who thinks he is very awesome but in my eyes he looks like a haggard, overworked 50 year old who throws a lot of money away on good times. He lives in a boat so I know he has somewhere to live.
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