Once upon a time....
Every story I cherished growing up started just like this, “Once upon a time.” There was always a man whose charm and whit made him loved by the most beautiful of maidens. As a young girl growing into a young woman I was filled with this longing to find my one and only. Something that I hadn’t realized though was I had found the man I would love unconditionally forever when I was six years old. This wasn’t a half-hearted kind of love that would fade over time, it was a love that exists between two people with an unbreakable bond.
If you had asked me yesterday if I thought love at first sight was actually relevant I would have laughed in your face. But as I sit here and seriously consider the notion I realize that it happens often. Every time a mother first glimpses her newborn baby I can only imagine the kind of happiness and love that consumers her heart. Yet I have a notion of what that overwhelming sensation on love would feel like. The first time I saw my baby brother it was as if God himself had come to Earth to grant me the opportunity to become something so much more than I had intended. He had given me a reason to achieve beyond my goals and make the best out of my life so that I could give him all I could. I wanted to be the kind of person that he would always be proud to say, “That is my big sister.”
As the years went by I got to watch a beautiful baby turn into a handsome young man. He is kind, honest and loving. Qualities that many young men to not posses today. The more he grows the more we become equals. I am able to come to him when I need a shoulder to cry on and he always has an open ear to listen to me when I need to talk. He is more than just my brother, he is my best friend. So as I sit here and contemplate what truly loving someone means, I automatically think of the unconditional and never ending love I have for my baby brother.
Every story I cherished growing up started just like this, “Once upon a time.” There was always a man whose charm and whit made him loved by the most beautiful of maidens. As a young girl growing into a young woman I was filled with this longing to find my one and only. Something that I hadn’t realized though was I had found the man I would love unconditionally forever when I was six years old. This wasn’t a half-hearted kind of love that would fade over time, it was a love that exists between two people with an unbreakable bond.
If you had asked me yesterday if I thought love at first sight was actually relevant I would have laughed in your face. But as I sit here and seriously consider the notion I realize that it happens often. Every time a mother first glimpses her newborn baby I can only imagine the kind of happiness and love that consumers her heart. Yet I have a notion of what that overwhelming sensation on love would feel like. The first time I saw my baby brother it was as if God himself had come to Earth to grant me the opportunity to become something so much more than I had intended. He had given me a reason to achieve beyond my goals and make the best out of my life so that I could give him all I could. I wanted to be the kind of person that he would always be proud to say, “That is my big sister.”
As the years went by I got to watch a beautiful baby turn into a handsome young man. He is kind, honest and loving. Qualities that many young men to not posses today. The more he grows the more we become equals. I am able to come to him when I need a shoulder to cry on and he always has an open ear to listen to me when I need to talk. He is more than just my brother, he is my best friend. So as I sit here and contemplate what truly loving someone means, I automatically think of the unconditional and never ending love I have for my baby brother.
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