Friday, July 20, 2012

Friday Felicities

Today, my felicity is Family. My littlest brother turned 30 this week. We 5 siblings were born 3 to 4 years apart so J arrived on the scene when I was in High School (*so* humiliating for my 14-year-old self to have a newborn baby brother!).

When I left home in Toronto to go to grad school way out here on the West Coast, he was only 9 years old. I made it a point to stay in touch with him - and since that was before widespread use of email and all that, we exchanged letters. In the mail. Paper, envelope, stamp - the whole bit. It was lovely.

I adore all my siblings but J and my other brother M (the youngest kids) are the ones toward whom I feel very motherly. Probably because I did a fair amount of sibling-minding! Truth be told, they're the reason I didn't rush to have my own children; I sort of knew what I was in for. Ha!

J and me, circa 1984. He gave me a framed copy of this photo as a wedding gift. Love that kid.

Have a great weekend!

11 comments:

  1. The picture of you and your brother is adorable! Have a great weekend.

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  2. Felicity, I have the same "sibling" experience! In fact, my baby sister, who is 15 years my junior is coming for a long overdue visit, bring along her two little boys...who are the same age as my grandchildren! I was a good "sibling minder" as well! LOL!

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  3. Yay! My mom, sister, and nephews are coming into town tonight to celebrate Luke's birthday (he's insisting on turning 5). So happy for my family too!

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  4. Sweet photo and post! I left my baby brother going into high school when I went to university. Missed a major part of his life ... but he turned into a lovely man and dad who turned 40 last year ... how did that happen??!!

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  5. Brothers are special, I have two and we're all spread apart! Great photo, so cute!

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  6. What a lovely post. I feel the same way about my younger siblings... maybe too much sometimes ;)

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  7. I love this picture! My brother and I are 7 years apart and this has inspired me to stay in better contact (he lives in Texas...)

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