A BROTHERS TRIBUTE

                 

               Normally this is one topic that I didn't expect to write about until next month when my baby brother turned 46 on of all days same day as Dr. Theodore Geisel,Mikhail Gorbachev,Moe Berg,Reggie Bush,Howard "Hopalong" Cassidy,Big Ben Roethlisberger,King Henrik Lundqvist,Desi Arnaz,Jon Bon Jovi celebrating his special day & make a huge post about it cause of all those names I mentioned were born on March 2nd his day. Unfortunately I was given some news I didn't want to hear. Sorry if I am seem misty eyed when I type this blog piece in a tribute to my brother Ethan. He passed away leaving behind a son named Caleb. I was glad Ethan was around to have Caleb in his custody during the holidays & was able to raise Caleb to fine young man he is. As well see his son Graduate from High School with honors 3 years ago despite Caleb having Aspergers syndrome. My little brother wasn't a pest like some in fact the only times I didn't like him cause he got to attend more proms then me as well have more girlfriends then me as well. Plus he was the only member of the 3 boys that's counting me in the mix to get married as well divorced later on. I talked about my older brothers passing last month.

                   It's hard for me to realize that I am lone brother left out of the 3 boys my parents raised being the middle child I got the bad genes handed down to me. Both of my brothers were smarter than me I was the only one interested in sports as well that's where I was a genius at compared to them. The joke was if they were on a trivia game show & a sports question would pop up & they needed assistance that's where I would shine on them tease in front of millions of viewers on television & they would have done the same thing to me if the topic of Comic Books came up for me.  I'll never forget one time in the summer of 1989 Ethan,his friend Josh & I were downtown taking in a festival where they had John Harvey that announced for the show Double Dare not Marc Summers cause Marc was back in Florida on his vacation. They had a Q&A session for John where we fans could ask anything about the show then they had raffle tickets & if you were 1 of 4 kids they did a mini double dare game well Ethans won the ticket to go on it. Ethans partner would later became one of his girlfriends they won the game & got to go on the Physical Challenge Course & they completed it winning a home version of the game to take home. We would played Double Dare alot that summer. 

                  The story about the 1988 Topps Card on top of my post of Turn Back the Clock with Bob Gibson #664  will now be a great memory for me when I look through that binder again. You see back in 1988 Ethan & I would spend our allowance every Friday at a comic/card store called Daggetts Comic & Cards he would get comics from his pull usually some MCU as for me the latest baseball cards which was some type of Topps pack either a wax,Rack Pack, The Jumbos which was I believe the 2nd year they came out with a Jumbo Pack. No matter what type of pack I bought I swear I had the magic touch in pulling that card out of the pack someway usually it was near the end of the pack I would say & oh look its again for the xxxx amount of cards I pulled Turn Back the Clock with Bob Giiiiiiiiiiibson. Ethan would then say I should try to find Bob Gibson & have him sign all them well I never did afterall I didn't want to have Bob Gibson not like me for sending him over 500+ of the same card for him to sign so I never did. This last year around September I was telling him about my blog site he mentioned I should talk about that card I said maybe I will on your 46th B-Day as my present to you little brother he said he looked forward to when it came to remember it well.....again Ethan sorry to disappoint you again little brother I have to do it earlier then expected.  I know he & my older brother David are perhaps talking about comics now as well discussing what David has observing from his place the last 4 years as well wondering what they might would have done this June when I reach my milestone year at my party & what they would have done to me to make me feel that milestone year. Ethan I am going to miss ya little brother Ill try to carry on in you & in David's memories with me until I join you again. It's not easy out living my brothers in age neither of them reach the milestone I am on the cusps of reaching in June later this year. I am sorry my readers I normally would leave with my famous parting words. Instead I want to say thank you for taking the time to read this post cause it wasn't easy for me to find the words to say about Ethan I am going to miss that little brother of mine & from my family to yours I want to thank you if you comment below know that I will continue to thrive to make both of my brothers proud of what I will accomplish in my remaining years ahead. Take care Ethan Ill see ya. 

Ethan in the tye-dye & Caleb