Birthdays

[By Sandra]

Eric was born only 1 year and 18 days after me. But that one year was enough to use as ammunition for many years! Every year on his birthday I would tease him by saying something like, "Oh, you're 8 now? Well, 8 is pretty cool, but you'll REALLY be cool when you turn 9 like me!" This went on well into our teen-age years. Of course, you can guess that Eric eventually got even. I remember turning 30 and having him call me to say, "Oh, you're 30? Wow! Well, you WERE cool when you were still 29!" Suddenly being the "older" sibling wasn't as fun! :-)