# Dedicated to a Brother: The Last Time Around **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389 "2010-09-02T14:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/341 "2010-10-31T05:16:48Z")
**Marley** , I have been following this story for the last four years, and for the first time I have a big lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I knew this was coming, but it still hurts to read it. Blessings on you and your family and Tyler’s spirit. I wish I could bake you a stupid casserole to show how much I want to help. I also wish (and I’ll bet I’m not the only one) that I had a big brother like you. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/342 "2010-10-31T05:46:50Z")
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. He sounds like a wonderful brother and friend. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/343 "2010-10-31T06:12:54Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. May you and your family find peace. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/344 "2010-10-31T08:27:41Z")
**Marley** , may you and your family find some solace in the days ahead, knowing that Tyler died under his own terms and in the love surrounding him in his own home. In many ways, there can be no better ending to our lives, however short. kam ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/345 "2010-10-31T08:35:27Z")
I am so sorry to hear of your brother’s death. I’ve been following this thread and all the others about you and Tyler and was dreading opening it to the inevitable news. You were and are a good brother, you are a good son and I know that your parents and Tyler must know that and it will be with them forever. I know that people die but I do not believe that love dies. Tyler took your love with him where he went, and it won’t ever disappear. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/346 "2010-10-31T13:15:24Z")
Marley, I’m sorry. You are one awesome brother. Tyler was lucky to have you – and you to have him. Love like that is something wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/347 "2010-10-31T14:27:02Z")
**Marley,** I opened this today and cried. Thank you for sharing your brother with us. I am so sorry. The words just seem so…inadequate, but there they are. Peace, love and strength to you and your family. My thoughts are with you all. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/348 "2010-10-31T15:47:16Z")
Peace be with you and your family. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/349 "2010-10-31T16:11:35Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > My [del]interest[/del] _sincerest_ sympathies to you and your family, **Marley**. (My phone attempted to correct my spelling. My apologies.) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/350 "2010-10-31T16:21:55Z")
Oh **Marley** , I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/351 "2010-10-31T16:38:20Z")
Words are inadequate. So sorry for you and your family’s loss, so sorry for your brother not getting a longer life. May you and yours be at peace. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/352 "2010-10-31T17:27:20Z")
I’m so sorry. All of you did everything you could, hoping you all find some comfort in that. Tyler had a loving family and friends, and that’s a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/353 "2010-10-31T17:49:15Z")
Sorry, **Marley** :(. May you all find some peace. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/354 "2010-10-31T17:58:45Z")
**Marley** , I’m so very sorry. You and Tyler’s loved ones are in my prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/355 "2010-10-31T19:06:17Z")
**Marley** , like so many others here I have followed Tyler’s journey during the past four years, and like so many others I am grieving with you. There are no adequate words to convey how sorry I am for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/356 "2010-10-31T21:23:58Z")
I’m so very sorry, Marley. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/357 "2010-10-31T23:19:37Z")
Deepest sympathies from the **Zappa/Knig** family. There is much wrongness in the world when someone so young and so beloved as Tyler is taken from us. Thank you for sharing your love for him with all of us. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/358 "2010-10-31T23:27:19Z")
I’m so sorry, **Marley**. Peace to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/359 "2010-11-01T00:04:51Z")
I’m so sorry to hear that, **Marley**. My condolences to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389/360 "2010-11-01T00:19:15Z")
My condolences to you and your family, **Marley**. Tyler faced his passing with conviction and honesty, and I hope you find solace in the fact that you helped him leave this world in exactly the way he wanted to–surrounded by loved ones and his favorite things, in a place of peace. Remember that during the hard times that are to come. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-to-a-brother-the-last-time-around/552389.md?page=19)