(Another more recent true story in the same vein as the previous post per bruhs answering the call when another bruhs in need.)
A few weeks ago, the former chaplain, who's had major heart problems, including a surgical procedure and a major diabetic episode which landed him in the hospital when his present student boarder found him unconscious, got a call from one of the early '80s brothers of the undergrad chapter he served as advisor to.
(An aside here:Back in the early '80s during Homecoming Week, the Nupes put up a sign over the entrance to the university proclaiming, 'Welcome to Kappa Kountry'; for the founder of this NC HBCU was a Nupe. But this was a provocative gesture and, in response, the undergrad bruhs summarily tore it down in protest. About 3:00am one morning during Homecoming Week my dear brother got a phone call from a university official telling him to come to the campus immediately because the Ques and Kappas were engaged in a Westside Story free-for-all fight on the yard. This is the kind of thing he dealt with during his tenure as advisor, even though the chapter was full of student leaders and scholars.)
Our former chapter chaplain's love for those young bruhs never abated and the relationship with them is still one of respect and true brotherly love.Thus one of the brothers, now a dentist in Metro ATL called him and told him to pray for him because he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and he would have to operated on.He was still looked upon as a father figure and true friend. Moved by the plight of this brother, this elder brother called another member of my former grad chapter, a recently retired English professor at the university,alumnus of the same undergrad chapter and former teacher of the bruh with a brain tumor.They quickly hatched a plan: they decided to do a road trip and go be with the brother when he would have his operation to support and comfort him. So these two brothers, one in his 60s and the other in his 70s, in poor health, jump in the car and head to the ATL. On the way they playfully argue and cuss at eat other, the way Ques do at times.
They were there for the brother in his time of need, when he felt the fragility of his mortality and needed someone to be there for him, in life and possibly in death. This is what true, that is, "Die Hard" Ques do.
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