My little brother....who is oddly taller then I am, going through a lot of life changing stuff right now, but is still my baby brother....called me a few nights ago and was kinda down, and he said "you got a sec...", I said "of course whats up"...I was driving home from work, (my quiet time for the day.) Brandon simply said "big sis I am scared..scared about being a daddy, scared about not knowing how to do all the stuff that comes with a baby, and scared to death about sending my son in for his "surgery". I paused....I said "surgery, Brandon the baby is not even here yet, what surgery could he possibly need...?" Of course it came to me soon after I said it, and I thought Danielle you are such an idiot......:P
I didn't know what to say, how to react, or think for a second to if he was kidding....he was not kidding. We talked, and I pretty much said these words....
"All you gotta do is love him. You are not going to do everything right, your going to make mistakes, he is going to make mistakes, and you all three will learn as you go. Babies do not come with instructions....BROTHERS do not come with instructions (I wish like heck they did but they don't.) I only want the best from my baby brother, and I know in my heart he is going to do just fine.
In the middle of this circumcision conversation with my 19 year old brother, (....who can tell anyone what is going on in a ultrasound that he trusts me....he comes to me with whatever is going on, he comes with questions, he comes with a joke or two, and of course he ANNOYS the crap out of me some days....but in the end....he will always be my little brother, and I will ALWAYS have his back....
....he maybe taller then me, becoming a parent in just a few months, but in the end he is my baby brother, my best friend, and in just a few short months he is going to need his big sister in a whole new way:) I cannot wait....I am scared to death for them, but all I can do is love them, support them, and watch them......
.......all THREE of them.....
As for the answers I gave Brandon to his circumcision questions....um all I could say was "He is not going to remember any of those moments....YES its going to hurt, but he will heal, and he is not going to hate you....that is Brandon's fear....the baby will hate him and Katie....
I do not know a thing about this subject.....but I was glad I could be there for him:)
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After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for. ECCLESIASTES 12:13 TEV
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