Happy Birthday, Brother Dear
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
My youngest brother’s birthday is next month. He likes to tease me that we’re from different generations, but the fact is, my mom had five children in seven years, so you do the math. We’re a lot a like, he and I. We’ve the same taste in literature, and get the same references. We share a dry sense of humor, and our jokes are sometimes…under appreciated. Hey. WE think they’re funny!
He’s been doing a grand job, recently, taking care of my mom during the week on the day shift. I think my mom is grateful for the chance to get to know her youngest child…a child who has sometimes been a little hard to understand.
He’s between jobs now, and may be between for a long time, as he’s fighting some medical issues. Those issues have sometimes kept him alone. The need to care for our mother has brought him out of the dark, and he’s doing better.
When my mom goes to Victoria, he’ll be with her, moving into an extended stay hotel, though he’ll spend most of his time with her in the evenings and into the night. He’ll probably be with her for most of the day as well. A lot of the task of staying with my mom will fall on him, as he’s the only one without small children or a job to keep him from it. All of us will take a turn, to relieve him, as we can.
One of the other things my brother and I share is a love of computers. He’ll be bringing his computer with him to Victoria. The only problem with the transport of the machine was the monitor. It is a huge thing, heavy and bulky. And so, for his birthday, my mom and sister decided to shop for a sale on a new computer monitor for him, for his birthday.
They gave it to him tonight, calling him up to the hospital room. My mom wanted him to have his birthday present now, so that he could take it with him. He wasn’t expecting it, so it was all the more a surprise. I didn’t get to see his face, but even from the back, I could tell he was.
My mom is trying to give us what we need. We need her, and she’s fighting to get well.
Wish her well, please.
