Happy Birthday, Sean!

[arontius]

.....Today is the birthday of my brother, Sean. He turns 39 years old.

.....I'm not sure just how many of you have met him, but for those of you who haven't, you would be somewhat surprised just how different he is in some ways. He stands a good six inches taller than me, maybe even an inch or two taller than that. He is definitely solid, but not BIG. Except for his hands. Don't get into a fist fight with him. His hands are easily twice the size of mine. Just freakin' huge. He's got a temper as well. So, yeah, just as a repeat, don't get into a fight with him. :-)

.....He's got this flaming red hair that he inherited from Mom. Although the last time I saw him it had thinned out considerably. I actually ended up with just a little more hair on the top of my head than him. Which isn't saying much I suppose. :-)

.....Where you can tell though that he is my brother is when he laughs. It is a wild laugh, with abandon. Very distinctive. We both have always found the oddest things in life humourous. :-)

.....Sean was always wild in a lot of ways. He hated school, and finally dropped out in tenth grade so that he could take on a life in the forest. He actually lived in a self-built shelter in the forest for over a year. At that point he decided that he wanted to live in Alaska and took on a job on a fish processor. His ultimate goal was to homestead in Alaska. I think he lasted one winter in the wilds of Alaska before joining a couple of friends from the floating fish processor in an apartment in Anchorage. You see, it gets kinda cold during the winter months in Alaska. :-)

.....Sean spent a handful of years in Alaska before deciding it was time to come back home to Washington. He worked a number of years at Eagle Hardware and at Lowes before starting a job at a local landscape outfit in Poulsbo, where he was working when I last saw him. The thing that amazed me though is that he lives in Sunnyslope and commutes every day, rain or shine, from Sunnyslope to Poulsbo, on his 10-speed bike. Wow!

.....It's been over a year since I saw hime last. Our family is not exactly the 'close knit' variety. But I always tried to keep an eye out for him if I could, especially when we were younger. He always knew that he could come to me if he needed a hand, or more likely a place to stay for a short time. He has been living with Dad on a piece of property that they bought together. *I* would not be able to do that myself. Dad and I would have mutually annhilated each other early on. But Sean always had a better relationship with Dad than I did. :-)

.....I have missed hearing from him and hope that he is doing well. Happy Birthday, Sean! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

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[tradarcher.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to your Sean.
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