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April 26, 2007
Siblings & Father Time
I was thinking today about my brothers, both live here in town, well, within just a few miles of me, and I don't see them much, but do make it a point to visit or call every so often.
Both are younger than me, one by nearly 11 years. Growing up it was my job and my sister's to keep an eye on them, babysit until my father would get home from work and make supper for them at night and put them to bed.
My older brother, still younger than me, but the older of the two, wasn't home much during the school year as he attended a school for the deaf nearly 3 hours away from home. My younger brother, was a pure hellion, but now as adults, I feel somewhat closer to him than my older one, I think because he was home all of the time.
As kids they drove me crazy, wise, surly and always into something, hiding so I couldn't find them even though I would yell and yell their names and they would be right behind a door somewhere and never make a peep! Oh how that use to make me mad! Because for some reason, I was scared I might have lost them!
I went to visit the younger of the two tonight, he lives about 15 miles from here, he was tired from a long day at work, took a shower and then fell asleep on the couch! So I continued to visit with his wife and of course played with his two little rugrats, 2 years and 1 year and I kept thinking back to when their Dad was little like that and how I played with him, took him for walks and tried to protect him from all the bad things in the world.
Time sure does keep moving on but it's nice to be able to remember the days gone by and how even in this hurried world of ours, things somehow, remain the same.
Posted by tracey at April 26, 2007 10:37 PM