My youngest brother is getting married on July 19 in Columbus, Ohio. He and his fiance are joining the Army band, and they need to get married before they go in so they can be stationed near each other. Tom is 32, and his fiance is 20 something. They have been together for about 5 years. Tom was working on his PhD in music theory, but could not get himself to complete his dissertation. He has been working as a waiter and teaching guitar lessons to about 30 private students. His future wife worked as a music teacher for a couple years, but then decided to focus on performance. By joining the Army, they will get their student loans paid off for them.

I'm really, really happy for them, so I decided to put this here where more people could see it. My brother's life has sort of been on hold since he dropped out of his PhD program.