awesome photograph ray.
sorry to hear about your brother. being entrusted with his children, you are an angel.
i have one son who became really busy in life.......
and provided me with 5 wonderful grandchildren.
the distance between us is so great. he is in montana, and i am here in wisconsin. i miss out on so many things and their growing up. i still remember the day my first grandchild was born. he was 12 weeks early, a preemie. he was very, very small. i remember the joy, the hospital gowns, the gloves and masks, and holding him, so tiny, so precious. most of all, his wife later gifted me (no one else) with one of the 'hospital shirts' he wore, (way oversized!).
you will be a great grandfather ray! congratulations!