The Wonder Chronicles: 24

On Brothers

Mona (10) and her brother (6) in one of the few pictures of their childhood in which he is smiling, kind of…

This is part of a running series. Read the previous Wonder Chronicle: On NFLM

“Oi, you’re on speaker phone, just so you know.”

“Yeah, you too.”

“How come?”

“My elbows hurt from holding the phone, fam.”

“Haha! Same.”

My brother just turned 53 and I am 57. 

I was so excited when he was born, I’d rush home from preschool and stare in marvel at this live and kicking baby who was more fun than any toy I had.

When he was putting sounds into words, we quickly learned each other’s language and I became his interpreter.