9 year anniversary

April 30,2025,Wednesday night,7:09pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Today is the nine year anniversary of the last day with my brother. Hard to believe he has been gone that long. Time seems irrelevant now. Experiences flow by, measured not where they fall on the timeline but rather by their emotional heft. The things that hit strongest last longest. April 30, 2016 was such a fun day. Going out to eat, playing games, laughing. Yet it is tinged with sadness looking back realizing it was the end. No one lives forever. If all goes to plan I will have to say goodbye to many friends and family members. Or they will have to say goodbye to me. Such is the fate of life and love.