Tonight, after a year and a half struggle with leukemia, my younger brother passed away. He received spectacular care at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where he had been hospitalized since August of last year. He will be laid to rest at the Air Force Academy where he was a Cadet.
He was a son, a brother, an uncle, a good friend, a pilot, and as good of a person as I have ever known, or will know. In his professional career, he was literally a rocket scientist, making rockets, missiles, and fuselages for people like the USAF, IDF, etc. he served in Iraq and in Bosnia, then again in Iraq with KBR.
As a person, he was 15 months my junior, the best man in my wedding, the Godfather to my oldest daughter, and despite having a wildly successful career, was as mischievous and carefree of a person as you would ever meet.
Godspeed, little bro. Heaven just got a little more interesting tonight.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved like this?
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