I love your approach to life, @agmoore, and your outlook. Why not keep doing and enjoying the doing, since you can? I'm with you — while sadness is real an it's important to process our emotions and our losses, just sitting in that space feels counterproductive at some point.

I'm very sorry about your brother. That must be so hard. You have so many years of memories tugging at you, I'm sure, each time you think of your family members. I am several years behind you, the second youngest of five, and I see that on the horizon at some point. I dread it. I shudder. I'm still very close to all four of my siblings. Life is meant to be lived, though, and I intend to do so fully at every step of the way, even through the inevitable losses. I try to cherish the people that have gone on to the next realm, thinking of them with a smile instead of sadness.

I will have to round up a picture of me as a young girl at some point to share with you. I had straight brown hair and bangs. Your picture reminds me so much of what I looked like as a little girl!

I found that [Peggy Lee song on YouTube](. Wow, you're right. It is so beautiful and haunting.

Hugs to you, my friend.