Yukky Little Brothers

My mom sent up a bankers box full of papers of mine she’s saved since I was very young. Drawings, stories, report cards, school programs, and more. I’ve just begun to scratch the surface of what’s inside.

I found a book I made in December 1983, made of sheets of colored construction paper (do they even make this stuff anymore? Thick soft-surfaced felty paper, in dull colors or the ubiquitous beige called “manila”) and held together by yarn and holiday ribbon through hole punches. It’s called “This is Me and my Family!!” In it I wrote stories about a perfect day with my family, what would happen if I had to leave my home, a blue ribbon, a mystery story about me going missing, and…

Yukky Little Brothers

Here is a list of good and bad things concerning little brothers (To your advantage or disadvantage)

Good Things.

1. You don’t get hand-me downs.
2. You get to boss them around.
3. You get to babysit. [this was a GOOD thing? -ed.]
4. You go to bed later than they do.

Bad Things.

1. You have to set examples.
2. You’re stuck with all the chores.
3. You have to share.
4. You have to do everything for them: Ex – get the cereal down.
5. They’re tattletales.
6. They never get in trouble, “they don’t know any better.”
7. They always watch what they want on T.V.

The best part is the 11-page photo album at the back of the book. I don’t remember a lot of these pictures, and there sure are some cute ones, like the following of Mike when he was maybe 3 or 4.