He had recovered and moved to another state.
He had eventually married, had a daughter, and spent much of his adult life trying to reconnect with his brother.
He had written letters.
He had made phone calls.
He had even traveled to my grandfather’s town once, hoping to find him.
But by then, Thomas had moved.
One letter had been returned to sender. Another had been delivered to the wrong address. A third had been placed among documents that were later lost when Daniel’s house suffered water damage.
The brothers
