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| May 2012 at Wheeler Farm |
James and May have entered into the "I love to bug you, baby" stage of life. Chad and I always knew it was coming, though we might have pretended otherwise. And truth be told, some days I feel like it is almost unbearable how much they push one another's buttons. Still, I know from observation of other siblings that what they have is really just a mild case of taking one another for granted.
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| October 2011 |
They still love to play together, and voice real concern over the other's injuries and heartaches. They still won't go to bed without a goodnight hug from the other.
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| Summer 2011 |
And wherever there are many children playing in a group, they always gravitate back towards one another when the going gets too tough.
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| October 2010 |
I have thought a lot about their relationship, and tried to remember what growing up with an older brother was like. I know I was definitely the button pusher while he was the care taker. I hope that May does not take advantage of James as much as I know I took advantage of my older brother's patience and good nature.
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| Summer 2010 |
What I do know about having a big brother is that no matter how much time passes between visits or how different the lives we choose to live might seem, there is always a comfort and an ease in coming together again and catching up.
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| Winter 2009 |
It is my hope that while James and May face the complicated love/resentment relationship that being sibling peers presents (as opposed to doting on a baby brother or having an older sibling who lives outside the home), they are establishing the kind of bond that makes them home for one another.
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| Fall 2009 |
And it is my hope that they might serve to ground, challenge and calm one another through the coming years and decades as they go through life's stages and deal with the grumpy, strict parents that Chad and I are proving to be.
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| April 2009 |
