Not Twins

Lets go back in time. It's 1996 and I was tired of not having anyone to play with that liked the same things as me. I was about 5 1/2 years old and prayed for a little brother. I was so excited about that prayer and went and told my mom. "I prayed to God." I said. And my mother asked me, "Oh ok. and what did you pray for?" I looked at her and said, "I want somebody to play with and prayed for a brother." How innocent are children? :) She was like oh um ok and I went on my merry way trusting that God would answer my prayers. (I also remember distinctly a conversation she had with my dad that night, explaining what I prayed for.) Almost a year later, Now I am 6 years old, My mom had a really big belly and I knew It was a baby. She would let me listen all the time, and sometimes the baby would kick or wiggle. Then came a very important conversation between my dad and I. He said, There are some complications with the baby. He isn't doing well during the process. Mommy may not be able to have the baby. What does any of this mean to a child? I would say things like; My brother will be okay, I am going to play with my brother, I will teach things to my brother, etc. Later on when I understood things better my parents would explain that he was born blue and could have died. I didn't understand the complications, fact I couldn't properly understand the word complication. All I knew was that I had a little brother who was gonna come into the world and be my best friend. Kids don't understand things like that. Then my brother was born. Unfortunately for me I couldn't go see him right away because I had Chicken Pox. When I was finally better, My brother was brought to me. As I sat on the couch holding him I then understood that God gives you what you pray for, especially when you need it. One year and 2 months later, 14 months, I got my second brother. I vowed, yeah I was 7 years old, that I would be the best big brother ever. Later in life everyone thought they were twins and my mom would say, "Yeah sure. But they are 14 months apart." People would laugh at that and it was a running joke for the longest time. I am a brother to twins 14 months apart. Today they are more similar than not and I love them both the same but in different ways.