CM: When are you coming back?
Me: In July. Or April.
CM: Come back in August too.
Me: Why?
CM: So we can be a normal family.
Me: Aww, baby what's a normal family?
CM: Where we are all together and we go camping.
I love my baby brother, times infinity. I wish I could be around him more often. He was born right when I left for college so I only see his childhood through photos, videos, and phone calls. As much as I can't wait for him to grow up so we can take him on week-long road trips, or so he can spend his spring break in New York with me, I want him to stay little forever. I want him to have this kind of untainted wonder where he's not scarred or damaged. But I also want him to grow and experience, love and hurt, and spread his happiness to the world.
I can now see why my parents were so overprotective of my siblings and me.Labels: baby brother, normal family