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Answer to "Anonymous"

Some comments I received to my last post concerned me. For one thing I was accused of some very serious offenses. Secondly, the accuser failed to include his/her identity. From the tone and content of these comments I can tell that this person has some personal knowledge of my family and fosters some hostility toward us. Let me air some grievances to you, "anonymous", since I cannot contact you personally as I would prefer.

I have never hid or covered up my who my brother is or what he has done. Just because I don't wave it like a banner doesn't mean I am trying to cover up a family secret so the world won't know our shame. My brother has done some pretty horrible things, but I still love him and care for him deeply. I look at the way he lights up around his sons and I well up with hope for him. I believe that God is one who redeems the wreckage in our lives and he can do so anytime, anywhere. I am praying for that in his life and in the lives of my nephews.

Maybe the reason you don't read about my brother in this blog is because this site is about me. If you want to know what is going on in my life, here is where to find it. I try to not include a ton of personal information about those around me because they are not able to defend themselves in this medium.

I will tell you this. My family has done nothing but rally around the difficulties in my brother's life. My retired age parents regularly spend their energy loving and caring for my nephews. They don't condone my brother's past, but they refuse to let it rule the future.

What hurts me most is that since you obviously know me very well and have issues with the way I am handling my life, you still refuse to come to me personally, discreetly to heir your frustrations. How can this ever be resolved? Where can reconciliation occur? Wherever your anger came from, your anonymity is a cowardly to way display it. I pray for you and ask that the hot blood between us (however it came about) would cool down. I pray that I would be willing to see where I have been in the wrong. Please contact me and we can work things out.

posted by Kevin @ 5:53 PM