Brotherly Love

Right now I have the privilege of having my brother visiting.  He flew here from Texas on Sunday last, and will be here for a few weeks.  His wife, being the brave soul that she is, decided to take a "total immersion" Spanish language experience.  She is residing with a Mexican family in Puebla, Mexico, attending class for 4 hours a day and also has one-on-one instruction each day plus homework!!! ( At age 73, this woman is either one brave lady, or she's NUTS!)   She is gone for 3 weeks, so Brother decided to come visit me as he had no desire to go to Mexico nor did he wish to stay by himself for 3 weeks.

We are having a blast of a time.  We have toured some of our old "stomping grounds," drank a lot of wine and beer and eaten well. I am the chief cook, he is the bottle washer!  This seems to be working. Yesterday, he and I assembled my new gas grill, so I predict some outdoor cooking over the weekend. It is my understanding that my daughter and her BFF are coming to take us both out for dinner this evening. That should be fun.

It is totally a different experience to be "living" once again with the guy I grew up with. And totally different. I am finally bigger than he is!  He is 2+years older than me, and has always been the big brother, both physically and emotionally.  I think that he finally realizes that I grew up and matured just as he did.  We are now equal!! Well, sorta!  He will always be better in math than I am. He knows more about traveling than I do as they have traveled the world extensively down through the years. He will always be good at sports...something I was not!  But he can't sing a note, or draw, or craft, or dance a step. So, I got him on some things! Not that it makes one whit of difference now. All those things that made us different and caused numerous tiffs as we grew up, have faded into the past.

Now we just enjoy sitting, having a glass of wine, and scratching where it itches!  We are having a bang-up time remembering old times, discussing politics and our children and grandchildren.  That, my dear friends is....priceless!

Until next time,

Peace,
JE

He ain't heavy, he's my brother!