Patch

On July 11th of 2025, my brother passed away due to complications of a then undiagnosed brain condition. His passing was 3 weeks and a day after I lost my dog to illness. My 40th year around the sun forced me into adulthood in ways I could have never imagined. As a big brother, I have many regrets about my relationship with my brother. Patch was such a cool kid with so much potential, that was only just beginning to come to light. We were both late bloomers in a sense. We both struggled with how to fit into a world that was always culturally foreign to us. Both raised in Central Indiana in a mixed race household before the millennium, there was never a place that we felt accepted in except for the places we made for ourselves. I've spent my whole life in my own head; taking for granted a brother who lived the introverted lifestyle. It wasn't until after he was gone that I began to realize how much we had in common, and how I missed the opportunity to have a true friend to go into the world and conquer it. One of the last things we talked about before his passing was leaving some sort of legacy in this world. Children may or may not be on the horizon for me, so my hope is that some of my world perspective is seen by someone that extracts some value from it. This page is a small token that attempts to address that desire to leave a legacy of love for my brother, Patch.