“Mom, why did we have to adopt my brother?” Buck asked exasperatedly after Ty, his younger brother, had followed him around all day. “Because you are such a wonderful son we figured your brother would be too, and we wanted you to be raised together,” I answered.

“Are you sure we are really brothers? You know the hospital or the state could have made a mistake,” he queried.

“There was no mistake Buck, you definitely both have the same mother. Both of you were placed with us straight from the hospital and I have the original birth certificates.” I hoped the added information would put an end to the conversation.

“Well, we don’t really look like brothers,” he continued.

“True, but you certainly act like brothers,” I added. Thinking about how similar their personalities really are. Both of them are gregarious and love playing jokes on others or having jokes played on them. They are both athletic and love playing team sports and riding motorcycles. Both boys make friends easily and enjoy spending time with others.

Just like brothers being raised in a birth family, they sometimes get tired of being copied incessantly or followed around all day. I remember as a child trying to give my little sister away, probably more than once. She was constantly copying me and following me around. Funny, isn’t it, how younger siblings idolize their older siblings, and want to be just like them.

Ty has several older brothers in our family. However, I’ve noticed that ever since he became old enough to understand that he and Buck are also brothers by birth he idolizes only him. Not a bad thing, as Buck is a great role model. Secretly, I think Buck actually enjoys the hero worship.

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