Divorce changes the legal and official ties between families bound together when two people exchange vows. Does that mean it’s time to eliminate from your lives those you love and who love you?

I loved my former brother-in-law Tom. He was my ex-husband Steve’s brother.

He was dry, observant, down to earth, funny, and curmudgeonly in an awesome and refreshing way. He was gruff and sweet. Because of the age gap between my ex and I and the fact that Steve was the surprise third child in his family, Tom was about the same age as my parents.

He also battled a multitude of health problems. Steve used to worry Tom would pass away before their mother Lee. She would have been devastated to lose a child.

Tom lived eight years past Lee.
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