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We went to San Jose today to see my brother and his family. As we got out of the car his next door neighbors were coming out of their house and we all met on the street: the four of us, my brother and his son, the neighbors and their adult daughter.
We know and like these neighbors a lot. The man is an engineer and he lets B follow him around and ask questions. E borrows his tools to do work on my brother's house. We all chatted on the sidewalk for a while.
"This is my sister," my brother said to the daughter after a while.
"Yeah, I got that," she said, laughing a little. It only took me a moment to figure out what she meant. My brother and I look a lot alike. Same mouth, same nose, same eyes, same half smile - but I forget that. I have not thought about it in years.
We know and like these neighbors a lot. The man is an engineer and he lets B follow him around and ask questions. E borrows his tools to do work on my brother's house. We all chatted on the sidewalk for a while.
"This is my sister," my brother said to the daughter after a while.
"Yeah, I got that," she said, laughing a little. It only took me a moment to figure out what she meant. My brother and I look a lot alike. Same mouth, same nose, same eyes, same half smile - but I forget that. I have not thought about it in years.