Planting in Paris
Picture a big brother and a little brother side by side. Up until now the big brother is taller than little brother. Then comes the day when the lines on the wall that marked their growth month by month show that the little brother’s lines have reached higher than the big brother’s line. It is a confusing moment for both brothers. What? Big brother is no longer taller than the little brother? It happened in our family with our first two boys. Not long afterward I, Patricia, watched as big brother stood on tippy toes when we took family photos, trying to be taller, as though there was some shame, some fault of his, for having let little brother grow taller than him.