As the first few minutes of May 14th tick by I can not help but think about my brother and the many years that have passed coming to this day. You see, today is the day my baby brother (well more like big brother since he has been bigger than me since he was 3) graduates from high school. In my head Aaron should still be the stubborn, extremely shy, curly headed ten-year-old. Aaron is the complete and total opposite of me in every way from his bright blue eyes the color of the sky, to his curly light brown hair or the fact he is a tall 6'2" (I say he is taller). Aaron is everything I could every want to be and even though he is younger I still look up to my baby brother-in more ways than the literal one.
Aaron is a very old soul and has been reading books like The Iliad long before I even knew who Homer was. Aaron is also extremely smart and thinks on a completely different level than the rest of us, he can remember details months after seeing or reading something that I never noticed the first time around. My baby brother also loves music, whether it is the screaming hardcore christian rock band Red or the ballads of Billy Joel he has an appreciation for everything from the writing to the musicality of the words being sung.
Being three years older than my baby brother gives me some great memories of him as a baby. Aaron was always humming and singing whether he knew the words to the song. We have some great videos of Aaron singing "The Barney Song" as a 2 year old. Aaron also was the funniest little boy and was always making the funniest faces and telling great jokes like:
Aaron: Knock Knock!
Me: Who's there?
Aaron: Orange.
Me: Orange Who?
Aaron: Orange you gonna open the door?
I am so proud of my baby brother and as he embarks on this new phase of life i can't but be kind of sad because my little bro is growing up ( and that means I am getting old!) Happy Graduation Day Aaron!!!
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