"Chris let me play flag football with his big kid friends" Now that's a testament to just how cool he was, the fact that he let you play with him and the bigger kids. He sounds great, like my youngest brother - a year and a day older than me. This story I previously shared is a bittersweet one about my brother Craig https://medium.com/p/661e7a478088 But I have fond memories of him threatening to make it rain on our way to school (and it did), or him scaring me into believing the potion he made with his chemistry set would blow up a mountain (a nearby mound of dirt). Lol - Good times, good times :-)