Siblings

A rare visit from second brother Tai Kam who migrated to Melbourne some 30 years ago, now working in Manila, and soon will be working in Jakarta. Although he comes home to the country quite often, I think he last visited me in the house probably about 7 or 8 years ago! He was accompanied by sister Wan Lan and her husband. We had a pleasant dinner in a Chinese-Thai restaurant not far from the house.

I remember he was always my late mother's favourite. In fact at bed time, he always got the coveted spot right next to her, having to hold onto her arm tightly before he could even fall asleep. That was more than half a century ago but some memories will always be with us.

Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long. ~Susan Scarf Merrell