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Archive for March 8th, 2005

Moonman!

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

Around 1970 sometime my family lived in Dallas, Texas. Don’t recall why we went to Dallas. My youngest half brother Moon was born on February 8, 1971. Moonman was a great guy. He was nicknamed after Alan Shepard the Astronaut. Both of my of my half brothers Scott and Moon were just as much involved in the church as I was as a youth. They went to all of the same camps, youth group stuff, and church related kid stuff as I did. What I remember about Moon the most was his involvement with the whole “punk-skin head” scene of the late 70’s early 80’s. When Moon finally moved out sometime when he was 13 years old I never saw much of him again. Occasionally he would visit but I didn’t hear much from him until sometime in 1997 when Deb got the news one day while I was working at church that Moon was found dead on his apartment floor in Hollywood from a crystal meth overdose. My brother Moon’s 35th birthday was last month. All I know about my brother’s faith was that he too accepted Christ at Forest Home as a youth and if my memory serves me right God’s grace is just as sufficient for both of my brothers as his grace was for me. As for my brother Scott I pray God sends him a donkey to get his attention as he did for Balaam in Numbers 22:22-35.