Snow Day
Today was a snow day for the bro.
I was happy to have time to spend with this boy.
Things have changed a lot since we last had quality time together.
I have had a semester a way at college, which brings a lot of change,
(some good, some bad, some indifferent.)
My brother has been through a semester of his sophomore year.
has completed driver's training. (scary!)
has had sex. (scarier!)
He has completely transformed since I have been away.
He's gotten older, wiser, and dumber all at the same time.
He has gotten past some of his juvenile, annoying tendencies.
Yet he has also lost his juvenile joy and innocence.
He has virtually jumped years in a couple of months.
He is not the same silly, sixteen year old I knew,
He is now regretful, somber, pent up...
but at the same time he is eager, proud, and hopeful.
He wants to do so much,
He wants people to like him, he wants to like himself,
but there are so many walls that he has come up against.
I want him to see his self in a good light,
to learn from and look past his mistakes,
to get a new revelation of God's love for him.
How can I help him do that?
When I can't seem to do those things myself?
Thank God there's a God who cares about us enough to help.
Help God!
I want to get to know him again first and foremost this Christmas season.
I want to build a good brother-sister bond.
Lord knows that needs help from above.
I was happy to have time to spend with this boy.
Things have changed a lot since we last had quality time together.
I have had a semester a way at college, which brings a lot of change,
(some good, some bad, some indifferent.)
My brother has been through a semester of his sophomore year.
has completed driver's training. (scary!)
has had sex. (scarier!)
He has completely transformed since I have been away.
He's gotten older, wiser, and dumber all at the same time.
He has gotten past some of his juvenile, annoying tendencies.
Yet he has also lost his juvenile joy and innocence.
He has virtually jumped years in a couple of months.
He is not the same silly, sixteen year old I knew,
He is now regretful, somber, pent up...
but at the same time he is eager, proud, and hopeful.
He wants to do so much,
He wants people to like him, he wants to like himself,
but there are so many walls that he has come up against.
I want him to see his self in a good light,
to learn from and look past his mistakes,
to get a new revelation of God's love for him.
How can I help him do that?
When I can't seem to do those things myself?
Thank God there's a God who cares about us enough to help.
Help God!
I want to get to know him again first and foremost this Christmas season.
I want to build a good brother-sister bond.
Lord knows that needs help from above.