MY BROTHER
My brother,is an amazing man. He is a caring person and always lending a hand helping some buddy doing something from fixing an electrical problem to driving a horse trailer up to somebody's ranch delivering a horse and hay. He enjoys working in his workshop which he built last year (an addition to plus the entire garage) , swimming in his pool, drinking beer and spending time with his friends and me and he loves to throw a party. Crayfish and shrimp boils; brisket and ribs barbecued and smoked; Cajun food from the Louisiana food store;.
To meet him at home, you would think he was a native Texan,...A downhome good guy - very talented in woodworking, with a shop equipped with every tool known to man. There is nothing he can't build either metal or wood....And he always has a project going. He has built a baby dresser/changing table; crayfish table (wood); crayfish table (metal powder coated); pig roaster (stainless); workshop table (wood); welding table (metal); poker table (wood and felt). The current project is a cabinet which will hold a flat screen TV which will raise up out of the cabinet at the foot of his bed when he wants to watch television. This weekend he bought two sheets of unusual wood veneer and inlaid "the cowboy's prayer" black wood on light wood for the front of the cabinet. Anyone interested can see this picture at http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=cowboy+prayer&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-img-t-t400&x=wrt the second picture. And he has to be doing something all the time. Last weekend, it was install two fans with lights on the back patio and connect them to one remote and perfect it so the lights work perfectly in sync .
And this is the same man who started working in the mail room at a major oil and gas corporation and is now a building consultant on major renovation, and new buildings in the Global Real Estate Function of that same corporation. He travels to London and Scotland on one of his assignments every month and his new assignment is to be in Paris, France. He reports to Senior Management in the corporation. He is highly respected and well liked and the highest ranked in his group. And he works very hard. He works like all highly competent bipolar people I know. Is he? I'd bet on it. Not as severely as I am...But he has the manic side just as I always did. He has the periods where he forgets the things he shouldn't at home. It has gotten worse with the overseas travel (stress). I will watch out for him. He would never go to the doc. We will have to pray that he never reaches the breaking point like I did.
This is the same man who has stood in the emergency room and waited to hear whether or not I would make it on three different occasions of depression suicide attempts. Who met with counselors and doctors to discuss what we could do the last time when the prognosis was so bad.
Who tries to understand bipolar disorder in order to help me.
I'm very lucky to have such a brother for a best friend.
To meet him at home, you would think he was a native Texan,...A downhome good guy - very talented in woodworking, with a shop equipped with every tool known to man. There is nothing he can't build either metal or wood....And he always has a project going. He has built a baby dresser/changing table; crayfish table (wood); crayfish table (metal powder coated); pig roaster (stainless); workshop table (wood); welding table (metal); poker table (wood and felt). The current project is a cabinet which will hold a flat screen TV which will raise up out of the cabinet at the foot of his bed when he wants to watch television. This weekend he bought two sheets of unusual wood veneer and inlaid "the cowboy's prayer" black wood on light wood for the front of the cabinet. Anyone interested can see this picture at http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=cowboy+prayer&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-img-t-t400&x=wrt the second picture. And he has to be doing something all the time. Last weekend, it was install two fans with lights on the back patio and connect them to one remote and perfect it so the lights work perfectly in sync .
And this is the same man who started working in the mail room at a major oil and gas corporation and is now a building consultant on major renovation, and new buildings in the Global Real Estate Function of that same corporation. He travels to London and Scotland on one of his assignments every month and his new assignment is to be in Paris, France. He reports to Senior Management in the corporation. He is highly respected and well liked and the highest ranked in his group. And he works very hard. He works like all highly competent bipolar people I know. Is he? I'd bet on it. Not as severely as I am...But he has the manic side just as I always did. He has the periods where he forgets the things he shouldn't at home. It has gotten worse with the overseas travel (stress). I will watch out for him. He would never go to the doc. We will have to pray that he never reaches the breaking point like I did.
This is the same man who has stood in the emergency room and waited to hear whether or not I would make it on three different occasions of depression suicide attempts. Who met with counselors and doctors to discuss what we could do the last time when the prognosis was so bad.
Who tries to understand bipolar disorder in order to help me.
I'm very lucky to have such a brother for a best friend.
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