Looking Up From The Bench

Recently, in an attempt to have a more positive way to relax on the train besides looking at Instagram for 45 minutes… I have been reading. I just finished a book and in the epilogue the author gave a brief “what if” situation on what would have happened had one life changing event for a specific character not taken place. It was a super interesting perspective to think about. I began to think about about my own life and events that if they had not happened would have led to well, a completely different life. My brother loved to fish. For a birthday present one year he went on a 72-hour overnight fishing trip! Clearly he was good at it. :) One of those of course is the passing of my brother. His birthday is fast approaching on September 15. And inevitably his birthday leads to reflection and introspection. I wouldn’t necessarily say grief, as that has healed with time. But you can’t help but think what would he be doing right now? What would we be doing together? Would we b...