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the time to tell them :: Topical Tuesday

Welcome to Topical Tuesday - a new meme where we try and get people to just discuss topics on their blogs. Topics are posted on Tuesdays. Post your thoughts and opinions on your own blog! Pass it around!
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Topic :: The Time to Tell Them

You are invited to write a blog entry, a letter or even a poem (if that’s your thing) to someone. This someone could be someone you know very well or it could be a stranger you met briefly but who had a great impact on you. It could be to your partner, your parents or your high school teacher who believed in you. It could even be to someone you have never met before but whose actions you read or heard about and changed the way you see something. Your post should be about how they affected you and how one thing (maybe even more than one thing) they did, big or small, gave you strength, inspired you or changed your life. Tell them how you feel and how much they mean to you. It doesn’t matter if you have told them before, do it again.
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We know it but we never say it. We don’t have to say it, because we let our actions speak but we love each other. We are nothing alike and yet we have so much in common. We have learnt from our parents’ mistakes and we have agreed that nothing will ever come between us. You are my friend and even though you don’t always understand me you are there for me. I am grateful to have you in my life and I did not imagine things would be like this.

We know the importance of family and though we have only discussed this once, it was enough. We know we can depend on each other and I trust you with my life. It is amazing to have someone like you as my brother. I feel lucky because I know that not everyone has this and in a world where everyone is trying to take over it is a wonderful thing to know that someone has your back.

I am stupid at times and I don’t realise how old you really are. I am still overprotective and try to fix things for you when you’re obviously capable of doing it yourself. I guess some things will never change.

I will always be your older brother, the one who was afraid whenever the bell rang that someone was there to take you away or hurt you. I will always be the older brother who, before the door was answered, was standing over your crib to make sure nothing would happen to you. Even though you had your own alarm system if anyone but me or our parents was ever to come near you. You were loud when you cried. You were so loud you would turn red and get red spots on your face which would last for hours.

Remember, I will do anything for you and I am sorry if I sometimes get a little overprotective. I can’t help it. It doesn’t matter that you are bigger than me now. In my head you will always be that annoying little crying baby who would steal my toy cars and put them in the VCR.

Written by Colin Brooks on 24.06.08 at 11:38 pm.

2 Responses to “the time to tell them :: Topical Tuesday”

Eliza said:

That was lovely Colin, really lovely! I loved this weeks Topical Tuesday
Commented on June 25th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Colin Brooks said:

Eliza :: Thank you. I’m very glad you enjoyed it. I’m sure next week it will be equally good if not better.

Commented on June 28th, 2008 at 4:26 pm