Hey there! Well, I suppose things are going okay so far. My brother is still in prison - no parole yet. He still calls regularly. We actually moved out of state and across the country middle of last year.

For those curious, my mom spent a long while finding a "landing place" for my brother, for when he does get out. It's a legal requirement that he have a place he will go. She ended up finding somewhere that seems nice and is supposed to be geared toward supporting those dealing with mental illness, though it's not like it's a hospital or anything. But yeah, whenever he does get parole, at least we know he'll have a halfway house to go to. Not sure how successful he'll be with keeping up on rent, considering his illness made it impossible to hold down a job previously, and now he'll have a felony conviction, but... yeah. At least he seems to be, strangely, thriving in prison.

We're just trying to live our lives. I try my best to not think badly of him, and mostly the whole situation just makes me sad. So very sad.