Touched by a Bubby

[fflo]

H's little brother is participating in my basketball bracket group on yahoo; he posted to the message board there, and I was touched to the point of tears. Such a sweet guy.

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[groovesinorbit]

Hey, girl. Sorry I didn't do the basketball thing this year. Just didn't get it together this week. : (

What did Bubby say?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Before he joined, my old boss and I were the only ones playing, so we'd decided to fill in two brackets each; since yahoo doesn't let the same i.d. have 2 in one group, I'd used "ironchefholly" and posted a comment in which I wisecracked about having been left with the mortgage so not feeling guilty about using that i.d. of hers (created for her participation in the baseball thing---not one she uses anyway). Then A. came in, and I posted welcoming him and introducing him and C.

He posted the following, with the subject line "yes lisa dear i am here":

"hehe ty for the welcome lisa and hello claire. i filled out my brackets in about 2 mins while falling asleep, but im doing pretty good so far. anyway, you got stuck with the mortgage but you still get the advantage of having a cool bubby!!! :P so feel free to message or e-mail me anytime."

On some level I'm sure I probably shouldn't communicate with him, but then again why the hell not. He went through absolute misery when he and J. broke up, and I think he probably senses how attached I've been to his sister, to our little family that is no more.

[groovesinorbit]

What a sweet guy! Definitely keep in touch with him as long if it feels right. How's he doing with the kids and all, anyway?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Last I saw him/them was at Christmas, and I actually hung out with him and the kids less than I would have, had I known it'd be my last time down there. He seems to be doing well enough. The kids are in much better shape than when the marriage was falling apart.

[groovesinorbit]

That's cool that the kids are doing better. Stability's a good thing when you're little.