Sad news that's taken me a little while to write about.... My brother in law died a few weeks ago due to a sudden rupture of an aortic aneurysm. He went to the hospital in the morning suffering stomach pain and never made it out. A shock for everyone in the family.
He was married to my oldest sister for 28 years. They had 3 beautiful children together; two grown daughters and a son who just turned 16. Really tough on them......
I probably hadn't turned 10 years old when he first entered our lives. I hardly remember a time when he wasn't around. It was like having another big brother for sure. I remember him taking me to see the Red Sox play at Fenway in 1986; an incredible year for Boston sports. We saw Phil Niekro pitch against Roger Clemens - I'll never forget it. We always talked sports. Didn't matter what the family occasion was we talked Sox, Celts, Bruins and Pats.....
I spent that first week in August in NH going through all the stuff that you go through when something like this happens. My family has been through it all too often over the last couple of years. It never makes any sense so I stopped trying. You just got to live for today and spend time doing the best you can with those that mean the most to you.
Gonna miss ya Dom....
