A Great Loss
 

It was a great loss: a son, a brother,  a uncle and a friend.

I was only one year old when you were born. We grew up to be best friends. From playing with Hot wheels in the back yard  to riding bikes up and down the road, we were always together. Your friends were mine and mine were yours. We made lots of memories.

It was a great loss: a son, a brother, a uncle,  and a friend.

When we got older you had made bad choices and was gone for so long. Letters, pictures, and more letters through the mail. For so many years we didn't see you. Then you came home.

It was a great loss: a son, a brother, a uncle  and a friend.

Through the years, you did so well. Then you changed and you started doing things you shouldn’t have . You stopped coming around. You were not the same. But when you did come around I loved seeing you and knowing you were here.

It was a great loss: a son, a brother, a uncle, and a friend.

Then one night you messaged me asking me if I wanted to buy something only if I new. Then I saw a post on Facebook about someone getting hit. I thought to myself, No. Then someone else said something about seeing it on Facebook. Then I thought of you again. I messaged you, are you okay? Then I got a call from our nephew for me to call our sister. It is a call I will never forget. It broke me. Never ever did I think I would feel this pain.

It was a great loss: a son, a brother, a uncle,  and a friend.

Now it has been a year and today is just as hard as the night we lost you. I know God wanted you for something else, I keep trying to think that but it is so hard. I cry everyday. Maybe one day I will understand.

It was a great loss: a son, a brother, a uncle, and a friend.

I love you, William Arthur Brown, My mom's son, my sister's and my brother, my nieces and nephews uncle, cousin to many and friend to many.

1-19-2021. Tina C. Ricketts 8/6/2121.             

                 William Arthur Brown

                   10-27-1975/8-6-2020