Keep your chin up

For the first times I went up to visit Diego, I was obviously very upset when it came time to leave. The first 3 or 4 months that we visited on the weekends I cried when we had to drop him off. I'm not too prideful to admit to that. While there I made friends with a few of the kids Diego dormed with. One time one of the older kids pulled me to the side and gave me a slight "pep talk." He told me that my brother needed to be there, which I already knew because I had been told that hundreds of times. Even though I knew this it still made me sad. Then he went on to say the perfect thing. "Everytime he sees you sad, it makes him sadder that he's not there for you, you don't want him to regret being here do you? Keep your chin up." And from then on I haven't cried when dropping him off because I remember those words. I want my brother to be happy that he's there and not have to worry about my well being, he should be focusing on his.