the bond that brothers :-)

i have four other brothers (i came in third). i grew up having to contend with my elders brothers' orders and my youngest brother's whines! Argh! i hated each and every time my kuyas would ask me to do something. they would sometimes ask me to sleep during the afternoon, which is the one thing i hated doing most then. i remember branding my youngest brother as a pest! we would fight everyday and mom would always scold us. being the youngest, i always thought that she was always on the side of my brother - and i resented it very much.

i seldom see my elder brothers now. probably family life, work, their own set of priorities, or some other mundane things in life have taken us away from one another. each and every of their visit to the house is such a holiday. a treat for me! their children are fantastic!

i still live with our youngest and still fight often...geeezz, some things never really change (ha!). he just recently got married and they are staying with us. his daughter is just so adorable. her smiles are everywhere at anytime of the day. one day soon they will leave and try to start to run their own household...i'll miss them (or maybe just the fights, hehehe)!

i miss all my siblings, my brothers, my only sister. i miss the crazy things that we do when we were still young. i miss calling them names when i hate them! hahaha! i miss the times when we get to equally fraction out a single chocolate bar...equally divided to six parts (my mom included, of course!), i miss stealing their shares in the fridge! hahaha!

while they are all moving on with their lives, i am here still stuck in the past...still hoping that one day (hope its not too soon) we will get to sit down, all five of us, and be the siblings we used to be...discussing stories of the past...you know, a life without its complications!