On this day, April 22nd, of each year I get lots of memories played back in my head… those that give me a wide smile…
I was 13, the eldest among my brothers when we all went on a Saturday night to the hospital to see our new brother, he was small and looked funny to me, the nurse told me they put him under light to keep him warm. Dad said we have to leave him and mom there till tomorrow and go home to get ready to go to school the next day.When the school day was over I went to the bus driver and asked him to drive me home first so I get to see my new brother, and he did. I arrived home and mom was sleeping, and so was my “name-less” brother. I spent like 10 minutes trying to carry him in my arms without “breaking” him.He had strong black eyes and the doctors said, as with all my brothers, hes gonna be tall when he grows up. It took us a week to pick a name for him.
I remember all the stages, how we used to dress him funny, how he used to climb the stairs, pull his legs and bite his feet, how we all gathered to watch him take a bath. His first smile, steps, words, teeth, taking him to the super market, taking him to KG, his toys, his little noisy shoes, the uniform when he was old enough to go to school, how I fixed his books and went to buy his school bag and all the pens and colors on the beginning of every school year, teaching him to get dressed and tie his shoes, teaching him to use the telephone, and later the computer, and how we used to laugh at him when he’s proudly looking in the mirror wearing a black suit to attend a wedding when he was around 5 years old.
I remember all the funny words he used to say and how we still use them now to make fun of him, the computer was ewweekel, mamnoo3 was na3noo3, burger king was hambur king (the last one is in our vocabulary and used untill now hehehe
Today he is 12, tall, strong and weights more than me, smart, dependable and can take care of himself and maybe even others. But he will always be my sweet little cute baby brother that I love with all my heart.
Happy birthday Basel.

Recent Comments