When my brother Andrew was born, my great grandmother famously proclaimed “he is energy from his head to his toes.” Nothing else has come close to encapsulating what my brother was like since then. For his entirely life, he made it his mission to share that energy with everyone he met. He was everyone’s best friend and their favorite person. Andrew was generous to a fault with his time, energy, knowledge, and every bit of himself. There was everything to admire about how he interacted with the world. I was lucky to have him as my brother. the McCarry brothers, Matt and Andrew are in the middle And I miss him every single day that passes. You see, Andrew had a dark side as well. He battled depression and we are certain, bipolar. We lived through those wonderful times where he profoundly knew he could accomplish anything. But we also lived through the darker times as well. Sometimes he would call me sobbing, telling me about all of his insecurities and all the things he thought he had failed. For every extremely fantastic moment, an incredible low with negative emotions so deep it whispered lies at the worst times followed. […]
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