I'm terribly sorry X man. My condolences to you and your family. Keep going my man, I don't know your brother but he sounded like a good man and a good friend. I'm sure he would have wanted you to go on living a full happy life

Today would have been TJ's 31st birthday.

If you're out there bro, happy birthday. I love you and I miss you.

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I sincerely believe that your brother is out there and he can hear you. The first year of reminders are the worst, but it will get better over time. Hang in there.

Hugs!!!

I had a cousin Tina born with spastic cerebral palsy, profound mental disabilities and seizure disorder and she passed in 08, My condolences I know how hard it can be to pick up the pieces after a loved one has left us. I wish you the best of luck and hope that your family is able to help each other with this loss. God Bless.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/chi-alden-vignettes-story-htmlstory.html

My cousin was Tina Polley and we've been fighting to make these homes more responsible for there utter lack of care.

If you decide to put a TEAM together for a walk-a-thon fundraiser let me know. Since I live close to you I'd love to join your team to honor your brother. We started a team for my parents through the American Cancer Society. Every year in May we do Relay for Life which is a 24 hour walk a thon. We usually raise about $5k for our team but the whole event brings in about $200k. The money goes for cancer research. I, myself, walk for hours and no less than 17 miles in that 24 hour period. Let me know. You will go through a period where you will want to DO something productive in remembrance of your brother and this is always a great start.