Tom Hagerman
Uncle Brooks,
It has been a long time since we last spent time together. Thank you for all that you did to instil toughness in me as a young boy. I will never forget when I stayed the weekend with you and your family back in Columbus and two kids were picking on me and I walked back in the house. You looked me straight in the eyes and said, take your pick, get your tail kicked (other words used) by those two or by me, your choice. Well since I knew Uncle Brooks was a very tough individual as my dad had told me, I decided to go out and get my tail kicked by the two boys in the street. FYI- I did get my shots in!!!
Love you Uncle Brooks- now you are with your Brother, my dad and surely mixing it up or guarding those pearly gates!