Too young

 

My cousins and I don’t get to see each other that often, except for annual family reunion. Last year’s will definitely be one to remember since it was the last time I got to see my cousin Brian (he’s on the far left on the end in the glasses). Brian suffered from Type 1 Diabetes from childhood on and didn’t really take care of himself. I feel he had the ‘whatever’ attitude about it and definitely didn’t have the medical support a diabetic of his nature should have. I was just talking to my boss the other day about him because I wanted to reach out to help him. I knew he was struggling so I told my boss that I wish I could get him on pump therapy. He didn’t have great health insurance since he was a free lance DJ. See my husband and mother-in-law also have Type 1 so I am now all too familiar with this ugly disease. Brian was 37 when he passed away last weekend; suffered from major depression and alcoholism. His death was unexpected, but not shocking at the same time. Does that even make sense? So my message to everyone is please take care of yourself. You do matter and you’re worth it; 37 is too young to leave this earth.