I was able to reconnect with my brother
Ben earlier this week and later last week. He was on break this week and his
wife works at the school so he decided to come down to Wheaton multiple days. I
hung out with him on two separate occasions. One time all of the siblings hung
out (Luke, Ben and Seth) and then another time it was He and I; one on one. We
ate lunch together and just talked for an hour before I had to go to work. I
had a qualifier that day so he was giving me advice about what my thought process
should be going into it. He also asked questions like “How’s school going”, How
is golf going?” and stuff at that nature. He also just finished up exams so we
talked about how they were. He said that some of his exams were more manageable
and some of them were very tough. It makes sense; law school isn’t easy. This was great quality time because we
haven’t seen each other that much throughout the first quad.
The
second hangout was at my middle brothers house and we watched march madness for
a while. It was the first time that the three bros were hanging out together. Something
the brothers loved to do growing up was watch and play basketball together. We
played in rec leagues, AAU and high school. Everyone loved basketball in our
house so whenever we were together we watch it usually. We also discussed about
our brackets and who we picked and how we’re doing. We were all over the place.
Some were doing good, some medium and some bad. My brackets were very bad for
the first rounds.
Mentor At this point you are thinking that this
is an informal mentorship and I love it. These are the times that I remember
the most when we are talking about our lives and how we are doing. I realize in both of these hangouts we didn’t
do much but I get a lot out of those kind of hangouts probably compared to most
people. All of us have busy schedules so time that consists of chatting and
relaxing is extremely valuable to me. Many people don’t get to just chill with
their brother and have it be civil. I have the luxury and having two brothers
that love me and want to see me succeed.
That's an amazing relationship you have with your brother. I have two siblings and I think a lot of people don't appreciate having siblings enough. Just like we hang out with with friends and build relationships with them, we need to do the same with our siblings in order to maintain a healthy relationship with them. Keep chillin with your brothers.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Having a brother at Wheaton this year has been such an awesome experience. Getting to be in the same culture together, while also having our separate friend groups (he's a freshman and i'm a senior) has been really good for our relationship
DeleteThats awesome that your brother and yourself are investing in each other lives on a deeper level. I also have a brother whose twenty months younger than I and he and I have helped each other when we are in need.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the other comments about how important our siblings can be in our lives. I also have two older siblings who have taught me so much about life and how to have a relationship with God. The relationship with your brothers is awesome because of how you get along so well with each other and is definitely something to be thankful for. Hope you have many more hangouts where you all can shoot around and play 1's to see which brother is the best at basketball.
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