Mat and Paisley
Our family is very shocked right now at the news of my brother. I
don't know if everyone knows him, but mat is my older brother, who is such a good person, he has so many friends that love him and of course his family. He is not in a good state of mind right now and because of this he made a very bad decision. you could only imagine the shock i was in when i was watching the news one night to see a man (
matt) robbing a credit union, the police were looking for him and at the time needed help
identifying him. When i first saw it i just said to myself oh my gosh that looks like my brother. I asked
greg and he just shrugged it off. I
didn't sleep well that night, wondering could that have been MY brother. So the next morning i got on
ksl.com and looked at the pics they had of the man, when i opened the first one i new
immediately i started shaking and crying i
couldn't even comprehend what i was seeing, i called my dad and he
hadn't seen the news so he went and looked online at the pics and just said "
that's him" i just kept
hoping and praying it
wasn't really him that i
wasn't seeing clearly. a few hours later my dad called me saying that he had been found and arrested, he confessed to the crime. It
wasn't until this phone call that reality was sinking in, my own brother who i love and care about so much robbed a bank, of course i was so confused why, what was he thinking, is his life in danger,why
didn't he come to his family for help? so many questions running through my head. This has been such a hard time for us especially the fact that it is on the news with his mug shot,we have no choice but to talk about it to people since everybody knows. The hardest part for me has been all the bad things that have been said about him, people that
don't even know him are calling him horrible names and saying the most hurtful things. He is not a bad person, he would never hurt anybody. i
haven't slept much the past couple of nights, i cant stop thinking about him, i just want to hug him and tell him i love him, and that i will always be here for him. We
don't know much now, he is
awaiting his
sentencing, which i have heard it will be anywhere from 3-7 yrs. They called it aggravated robbery he did not have a weapon he just handed the teller a note and left on foot with little cash. We are trying to stay strong and push out all the negative, its just a hard pill to swallow, i keep asking my mom when will i not think about this, when will i get on with my life, when will i stop crying
every time i think about him, when will i stop being angry at him, and at all the people saying things about him? of course it will take time. I just
don't want people judging him off of this one stupid decision, i want people to know that good people can get in bad places.
I'm so hurt and confused right now, i am so tired and want to hide in a hole. i know we will get through this as a family and hopefully get
matt to a better place in his life. please keep your thoughts and prayers with us at this time.
