>Excuse me, but I just wanted to say I'm very sorry to hear about your brother.

Thank you, Tracy. What made this more tragic for me was that I had not seen my brother in 17 years. I was mad at him for his life style (crime-drugs, etc.). I guess you could say that I was judgmental. When I last saw him for about maybe 10 minutes, it was through strong plexiglass at the Harris County jail in Houston, Texas. We were both so glad to see each other, but we could not hardly heat each other due to all the other visitors who were also yelling through a tiny hole and a filter in the plexiglass. I didn't know that my brother had Leukemia. He also had Hepatitis C, probably from drug use. At least I and my remaining brother and sister have the good memories of our youth when things were normal. One week later, after I had seen him, he died suddenly. Yes, it was tragic, but I believe that I'll see him once again after this life (if I'm good).