Today my little brother Nick was running late to UCOL and couldn’t get a ride into town, so I headed out to his place and gave him a ride. When I got there I was greeted with a rather stressed out looking face. After a quick talk with him I soon realised what was causing an unusual amount of forehead wrinkles, Study! So I gave him a quick pep talk which was about as effective as you would expect i.e. not at all. Once I had dropped him of at his lecture I started thinking about my time as a student, and how hard it truly is when exams and assignments are pending.
Later on my Mother gave me a call also sounding stressed out about the happenings in Nicks world. Hes so stressed out and I’m really worried about him where common themes during the conversation which made me wonder about my parents. It must hard to deal with all the goings on in peoples lives all the time, I know my mum in particular really takes on her childrens problems and boy have there been some good ones over the years. I’m not sure anyone can really comprehend what it is to be a parent until they become one, and really youve got to give them respect for doing it.
My older brother James has recently become a father and I can see the change in him already. I’m not sure exactly what it is that is different I guess its just his focus on things in his life. For example before he was very self orientated, not exactly selfish, he just looked at what would be fun and excited and did that and to hell with the consequences. Now hes thinking more towards the future and providing something for his family, I must say it has been quite interesting to watch the gradual transition to fatherhood.