It really is the little things in life

[pinboy3niner]

2. Cherish the small joys

And the small connections.

I learned today that MiddleFingerMom lost his brother at the young age of 33.

And that his brother went to a Rose Bowl game in 1966.

And that, as I was there at that game, too, MFM's brother, Tom, and I watched that game together.

Like many of us here, I already have a strong connection to MFM. But discovering, 47 years after the fact, that I also share a connection to the brother MFM lost--that just blows me away.

Some of the people I knew may also have attended that Rose Bowl game, but I don't know of any who did. The only person I'm aware of in the whole world who shared that experience with me, I discovered today, was MFM's brother, Tom. Who died at the young age of 33. And whom MFM still remembers and misses terribly...

And I was able to tell MFM that I shared that experience with Tom...

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