LIFE WITH DWIGHT AS OUR BROTHER COULD BE A CHALLENGE TO SAY THE LEAST. HE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS HIS PLACE TO STOP US FROM DOING THINGS HE THOUGHT WAS A BAD IDEA, OR GET US TO DO SOMETHING HE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA. WELL DWIGHT ALWAYS DID HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF DOING THIS SO DOING THINGS HIS WAY ALWAYS MENT LEARNING THE CORRECT WAY LATER,, WHEN HE WASN'T WATCHING. HAVING BEEN THE YOUNGEST SIBLING I LEARNED EARLY THAT DWIGHT MENT WELL BUT NEVER FOLLOW TO CLOSE, INSTEAD FOLLOW AND LEAD YOUR OWN PATH SLIGHTLY OFF HIS! WHEN I WAS LITTLE HE ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO WORK AS HARD AS I PLAYED AND NEVER LET THE ONES YOU LOVE STRAY VERY FAR. AS A TEENAGER DWIGHT TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST PROBLEM WAS SOMETIMES I FOLLOWED A LITTLE TOO CLOSE AND ENDED UP IN TROUBLE, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO GET ME OUT OF WHATEVER I HAD GOTTEN INTO. HE FILLED MY LIFE WITH PEOPLE HE HAD HAND PICKED TO WATCH OVER AND PROTECT ME TEACHING ME TO THAT A HELPING HAND WAS NEVER FAR AWAY. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I RELIZE NOTHING I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HAS BEEN WITH OUT A LITTLE HELP FROM HIM. YOU COULD SAY THAT HE WAS A LITTLE PUSHY OR OVER PROTECTIVE BUT AS I LOOK BACK I RELIZE HE WAS JUST BEING THE BROTHER HE WAS RAISED TO BE. THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE DWIGHT PULLED AWAY FROM US LITTLE BY LITTLE TESTING US TO STAND ON OUR OWN FEET WITH OUT HIM WATCHING OVER US. THE MORE WE PROVED WE COULD DO IT THE MORE HE PULLED AWAY. FIGHTING WITH DWIGHT WAS OUR WAY OF TELLING HIM WE WERE MORE INDEPENDENT THEN HE GAVE US CREDIT FOR. SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS WERE OVER STUPID CHILDISH THINGS OTHERS HAD NO REASON BESIDES WE WERE AS STUBBORN HE WAS CAUSING A BUTTING OF OUR HEADS. THE LARGER FIGHTS WERE ALWAYS A RESULT OF A LESSON WE REFUSED TO LEARN FROM HIM, THAT WAS HIS WAY OF TELLING US HE WANTED US TO LEARN THIS LESSON AND WASN'T GIVING UP UNTIL WE LEARNED IT. WELL SOME OF THE LESSONS WE WERE SUPOSED TO LEARN CAME AT A HEAVY PRICE. DWIGHT I FORGIVE YOU FOR THAT DAY!!! I LEARNED MY LESSON! SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU MUST LET THE ONES YOU LOVE FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATH AND SET THEM FREE TO BE THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO BE. ALTHOUGH LETTING GO IS HARD IT IS SOMETHING WE ALL MUST DO.
DWIGHT LOVED HIS SISTERS ALL FIVE OF US DEARLY! HE NEVER FAILED TO SUPPORT US IN OUR GOALS AND DREAMS. WE LOVE YOU AS MUCH TODAY AS WE DID YESTERDAY!
To my sister, from heaven.
I just wanted you to know.
That I'll be with you wherever you go.
I've gotten my wings and learned how to fly.
And I'll dry your tears whenever you cry.
Though I've went away and it seems we're apart.
You will forever be my soul and my heart.
The love that we shared will not go astray.
For deep in my heart it will always stay.
You held me close when I was filled with pain.
And your smile gave me sunshine when my life filled with rain.
You guided me when no one else could.
You protected me when no one else would.
We've shared so much that mere words can't express how knowing you has made me feel truly blessed.
So please dear sister, fret not for me, for now my soul is truly free.
So think of me often, as much as you can.
And I'll always be there to hold your hand.
I'll be your angel and guide you through life.
I'll give you comfort through torment and strife.
So thanks dear sister again and again, thank you always for being my sister and my friend.
by Reginald Bush
