Comments on: On Brothers http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mailbox: Poet’s Accountability & Sketch « Angela E J Koh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-567 Sat, 21 May 2011 12:09:28 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-567 [...] at my grandmother’s death anniversary, it was also one of the few moments that my parents, my brother, and I were at one place at the same time. I’ll do more to improve on my sketches and share [...]

]]> By: angelaejkoh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-442 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:58:40 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-442 Hi Justsomeone,

I wish you left your name or website so I can greet you/keep in touch. But thank you for stopping by and especially for sharing the relationship between you and your brother.

It’s a beautiful comment to read and adds wonderfully to the post–which ultimately exists to convey the value of having an older brother.

I hope you stop by again soon. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Best,
angela

]]> By: Justsomeone http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-440 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:38:15 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-440 I had stumbled on this Blog by accident. Reading this was such a pleasure! A piece of writing that has touched me so viscerally as nothing else has for years.

My brother is five years older than me. When we grew up we had nothing. We knew no English and our parents were refugees. He went to school and learned everything and laid it all before me. His average knowledge stood as benchmark for me to rise above him. He always strove to do his best and push me to surpass him.

He also never once let my parents practice corporal punishment to correct my mistakes. Most would think that was an ill decision but it was through his act of mercy I learned love. He worked so that I could have what ever I wanted so that I could.

Older brothers.

“And most selfishly, what I would’ve done without that boy having suffered so.”

Your artistically rendered prose is an eloquence so greatly appreciated. I’ve booked marked this page for future flash-digests. For what ever that means to you from an ambiguous anon-reader.

]]> By: angelaejkoh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-258 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:50:59 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-258 Dear Yamabuki,

Thank you for sharing. Glad you could drop by!

Angela

]]> By: yamabuki http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-257 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:23:28 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-257 Brothers sometimes light the way
Even when they feel too lost to pray
What else is there to do or say
When nothing else will do today
There’s no other card for them to play
Their love for you does make them stay

Yamabuki

]]> By: Thomas F. Wold http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-227 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:41:12 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-227 Thanks again for your comments about “Earthprobe”. I WILL put that picture up!

]]> By: angelaejkoh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-226 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:17:50 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-226 Hey Thomas,

I can’t believe out of all things, this photo was rescued by his insurance company. Maybe it emphasizes how special “Earthprobe” is in addition to how “souls are never far apart.”

Thanks for coming by again. I always appreciate what you have to say. You should put up that picture sometime. It’s an inspiration.

Angela

]]> By: Thomas F. Wold http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-223 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:28:42 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-223 You know I have been publishing my paperback “Earthprobe” on my Imhotep Construction Company blog. On the SAME day I published my account of a trip with my brother Joe to Joproken in Africa years ago (last week) I received an old photograph from him–the IDENTICAL picture I had used in the “Earthprobe” years before.

He does not follow my blog and had discovered the photo with some stored family things which were rescued by his insurance company from a flood in his Michigan house and just decided to mail it to me!

Such a bizarre coincidence!

Everything you have said about big brothers is true. Good Big Brothers are cosmically hard to find–but I found one!

Perhaps and your brother are similarly linked somehow. Souls which touch are never far apart. TW

]]> By: angelaejkoh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-222 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:51:28 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-222 Dear Sky,

I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure your brother knows the blessings we share as younger siblings of admirable brothers. Even more, to have an older brother like you who understands and relishes this connection (one that surely cannot fade).

Angela

]]> By: angelaejkoh http://angelaejkoh.com/2010/02/15/on-brothers/#comment-221 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:50:31 +0000 http://angelaejkoh.com/?p=217#comment-221 I’m sure your sisters will find that out soon enough :)

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