Tomorrow, January 20, is my
big brother’s birthday. Durward would be 80 tomorrow. How I wish he was around
so I could celebrate this special birthday with him. I have not seen Durward in
43 years …as he was lost in an auto accident that many years ago. Durward was a
wise big brother, a very intelligent, loving son, brother, husband and dad.
I was just a teen when I
lost him…a little too immature to know of Durward’s wisdom and counsel… a
little oblivious of the ways of the world…and not yet realizing the value of a
loving family. I had a loving family…I just didn’t know it…and appreciate it…like I do
today.
As I think about tomorrow…and Durward…I also can’t help but think of our brother… David…who I lost
last spring to lung cancer. Last month… December… was Dave’s birthday. My heart
hurt a little on that day…as I truly missed not having the opportunity to call
Dave and wish him a happy birthday…and hear his voice…and hear him laugh.
Having just celebrated my
own birthday a few weeks ago… how I would treasure having gotten a call from
both brothers and hear them wish me a happy birthday.
As I think more about the
three of us boys…the 3 D’s…my mind wanders…trying to conjure up in my memory
banks…if I have ever seen a photograph of the 3 of us boys…together. I’ve got
pictures of Dave and me…and Dave and Durward…but I have no photo of the 3 of
us. I wonder if one exists? I wonder if somewhere…pushed back into the back of
an old desk drawer…or in a box of old pictures on a closet shelf…if someone in
the family…or old friend of the family … doesn’t have a picture of the 3 of us?
If it exists…I’d love to
have a copy of it. It would be placed in a special frame…and hang in a special
place in my home…so I could see it every day as I walked by…and smile.
Dan
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