ODE TO MY BRUDDA IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE ITS 60 YEARS SINCE YOU WERE PRESENTED TO THIS WORLD, I REMEMBER SAYING TO MUM WHAT HAPPENED?? I ORDERED A GIRL. MUM AND DAD ASSURED ME YOU WERE THE LONG AWAITED SON, YES ,STEPHEN JOHN , YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE. IN YOUR EARLY DAYS I DRESSED YOU AS A GIRL SENDING MUM AND DAD INTO A WHIRL. I TRIED SO HARD TO GET YOU INTO TROUBLE, THAT NEVER WORKED ,JUST GOT ME GROUNDED ON THE DOUBLE. AS YEARS WENT BY I GOT USED TO HAVING YOU AROUND, A SUPPORTIVE AND CARING BROTHER I FOUND, ENJOYING YOUR COMPANY AND WATCHING YOU GROW INTO THE GENTLE,GENEROUS “GOODIE “ THAT WE ALL KNOW ALL THROUGH THE YEARS YOU STRIVED TO EXCEL HAVING IT ALL, A LOVING FAMILY ,AND A CARING WIFE AS WELL. AS MY BRUDDA YOU HAVE BEEN CARING AND SUPPORTIVE JUST THE BEST WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER YOU WERE JUST A PEST. WITH PARENTS AND YOUR SISTER THAT WERE SO PROUD OF YOU IT SADDENS ME THAT I AM NOW SAYING GOODBYE TO YOU. LOVE YOU MY BRUDDA AND WILL MISS YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE