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January 12, 2008
Brothers
As a parent, it's easy to second-guess yourself. It's not an exact science and you know as you go along, making things up, that you are making many mistakes. You realize that you have, at best, an outside shot of actually impacting how your child turns out. Children enter this world as people who have their own personalities, agendas, and goals. Very often, what they want doesn't match your vision for them. I understand this and, for the most part, I accept it. I truly want my children to follow their hearts and I put no pressure on them to be anything but happy. But there is one thing I want as a parent...one outcome that I am truly striving for. I want my children to be close to each other. I want them to grow up together, not because they happen to share the same parents and live in the same house, but because they really like each other. Is that too much to ask? Maybe......but maybe not. Even as very young children I can see through the screeching and the "mine!" and the tussels over toys and find moments when they are at peace with each other. Impromptu sharing or hugs. Moments when they seem to truly like one another. It gives me hope that one day they will be hanging out together because they genuinely like one another's company. So the images that follow, are some of the moment to which I am referring. In the very brief time that they have been brothers, we have managed to catch quite a few good times together on film...let's hope there are many more to come! --Megan
Posted by Jon at January 12, 2008 10:30 PM