Category: siblings

Memories of holidays past … 1 of ?

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One year for Christmas I was giving my 12 year old son my acoustic guitar, which my father gave to me when I was 12 years old.  

A guitar is a pretty large present to wrap so I decided to create a scavenger hunt of sorts.  I had a large box (filled with newspapers for weight).  That box had a note where to find his gift.  

For weeks he would ask, “What’s in the box?” and I’d say,  “It’s just newspaper”.  I had fun with it but unfortunately on Christmas morning when he opened the box, he was not amused.  He was although thrilled to get the guitar.   

One other Christmas I created a scavenger hunt; he didn’t like that either.

Neither him nor I could play that guitar.  We could do little bits but couldn’t grasp it, even with lessons.  We can both sing though.  Years later, he gave his younger brother the guitar.  His younger brother self-taught himself to play the acoustic; bass and electric guitar but has trouble carrying a tune when he sings.  We all have our gifts and talents. 

Moments in the life of a sarcastic family

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In 2018 my mom took her kids on a vacation (yes, me included). It was rare to have all of her kids in one setting and for a week to boot. I’m the youngest (58 at the time), my elder brother, ten years older than me with two in between.

We found that we all have the exact same sarcastic sense of humor. The teasing and bantering was a blast. There was also plenty of quality one on one time with each other that we hadn’t had in years.

One evening I was having a heart-to-heart with my eldest brother. His wife had passed four years earlier and I asked him if he was interested in getting married. I should have rephrased the question as, “Are you interested in remarrying again?” … or something like that.

The next day while we were all having lunch together my elder brother announced to everyone at the table that a woman was coming on to him the evening before. There were comments by everyone as to who this interested mystery woman was.

My other brother made a snide comment, “Was it Sarah?” My elder brother replied, “Yes, she asked me if I wanted to marry her.” Ugh.

Big brothers help

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When my oldest boy was about 3 years old he became a big brother. He was a kind and gentle boy. He was also as helpful as can be.

His newly arrived little brother was only a few months old when I woke up one morning and went right into their room. My big boy was so proud and couldn’t wait to show me how much he helped me with his little bother.

I looked into the crib to find his little, baby brother covered head to toe in white Desitin. Anyone who has used Desitin knows the white stain that it leaves on skin for quite awhile.

Cookie Sneaking

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My sister and I didn’t always have the best relationship, thank goodness it’s good now. We live a long way from each other so time spent together is precious … right?

Almost ten years ago she was having surgery and I went to stay with her while she recovered. One day, prior to the surgery we went to the store to pick up a few things. We passed a display of cookies and I commented (like a little sister would), how yummy those samoa- type cookies are. My dear sister thought so too and put a package of them in the cart.

Later that evening we were sitting around and I continually yawned. She mentioned a few times that I should go to bed, insisted was more like it. She is my older sister.

I was sleeping in the living room during my stay. The bathroom was at the end of the hall, past the bedrooms. I had already been to the bathroom and was settling in when I needed to go to the bathroom one last time. As I headed down the hall, I see my sister going from one room, across the hall to her bedroom, sneaking the unopened package of cookies in with her. I gasped and said, “Oh no you don’t”! My own sister was pushing me off to bed so she could scarf down those cookies herself. Well, being the little sister (regardless of age), I sat up with her and to makes sure that the cookies were shared with me, (like any little sister would).

This is one of those times that we continually laugh and tease about.