This site is going to serve as a memorial to the life of my brother, Steven Marchi.

Why am I doing this?

Well for one thing, the person that has been described to me by his friends has some interesting similarity to the Steven I remember, but in many ways is a complete stranger to me. I guess I want to take this opportunity to talk about the child, and the young man I knew, then the young adult who I kept up with. Then I want to talk about the rift that formed between us. But mostly, I want to figure out about the man he became. What was it about him that drove his friends to search so passionately for him? Who was he? Where did he go? And Why?

There are a lot of competing opinions and theories about my brother. Many are kind. Some are not. I guess I want to bear witness to the person he became. I want to provide a place where he can be remembered. If there are lessons to be found in his life, I want to help those lessons be learned.

I guess there is that part in me that still wants to protect the little brother in him…to make sure that he receives a fair hearing, and is remembered for something more than how he died. Because as I begin this journey, I’m pretty sure the lessons to be learned from my brother had more to do with how he approached life. If he is to have a legacy, I want it to be something he would have wanted to be remembered for.

I need to do this. For him. For me. For my family. For his friends. It’s the least I can do.

-Michael Marchi (August 12, 2012)

P.S.  If you would like to sign the Guestbook for this site to leave a message for Steven, you can find it on His Memory.