Originally posted by pepperberry farm my sunset shot from Friday hit 'explore'....
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Okay, I know my shot from yesterday wasn't my normal flower or bug shot. But it was something special to me and the why I shot it is below.
When my brother was in his late teens, (1960) he was sent to Germany courtesy of the US Army, while there, he met a lovely German girl and married her, they had a beautiful baby girl, also while there, his wife was killed in a car accident, but because he wasn't married to her by United States laws, he wasn't allowed to bring the baby home with him.
The next phase of his life he spent in a bottle. Only waking from it when my mother at the age of 85 had a stroke, he came home to take care of her. By this time, both my mother and my older brother had white hair. But that's just a tad bit of extra info. He took her for walks, pushing her in her wheelchair, where ever she wanted to go. She couldn't speak, she couldn't walk, but she could point where she wanted to go. For 13 years until she passed away he cooked her food, dressed her, and took her for walks. Now he's a man of 75. And I'm so proud of him, for overcoming his struggles with a bottle that tried to beat him down. to take care of our mother. And I was so proud of him, when he built this canopy as cover for his boat he plans to use to go fishing.
There's a lot more to that story above, but that's for another time. Maybe in my book I plan to write, some day.