Life is so weird! As my children are aware my oldest brother, Mike, is in a coma and on life support after a coking accident last Sunday. He has been unresponsive since he was admitted to the hospital and put on life support. Mike's youngets son paul keeps me posted while Janet is away and this morning said that the nurse said that Mike had been in cardiac arrest yesterday and that there is also something going on with his pancreas. There will be a family conference tomorrow that all Mike's kids, Olivia, Aunt Thelma, and Mike's bishop will be there (Janet is trying to get home so she can be there). Paul said they will probably turn the life support off tomorrow.
Janet and I have both had melt downs and thank goodness I have been blessed to find the good in every situation. With Mike I can think about his being with Mom and Dad and that he is released from all the worldly troubles that have been his. He will be like his old self when we were growing up and he will be able to do all the things he wants too and help on the other side.
My memories of Mike growing up are few right now. I'm sure if I could sit and look at old movies ad think about it I could come up with a lot of them. I can actually remember his favorite song in high school - Silence is Golden. I remember watching the cartoon "The Flintstones" and Mike pounding on the couch yelling "WILMA", "WILMA" just like Fred does on the cartoon. Janet's is of our first trip to Disneyland and riding the Matterhorn and Mike sitting in the front car saying over and over again "Scrud". His favorite word at that time. I wonder what Carl and Joe's are.
Mike struggled his whole teenage and adult life. He never quite fit in with the kids his age and was a little backward socially. But no one was more willing to help the underdog than Mike. I can remember being in 7th grade and one of the bullying guys Mike's age calling me "LeapFrogs little sister" and me standing up to him and telling him to never call me or Mike that again. Mike always did his best and wanted to do what was right. He loved his boys and Olivia and Irene. He is a good man and we'll miss him.
So now his life circle has moved to the next level - moving to the spiritual level of things. Next he will be busy as can be helping teach the gospel on the other side. I love you Mike and glad you are my big brother.
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