Blood is thicker than water. Yah, they’re right! But for me, it is not all the times. Sometimes, water is as thick as blood. Confused with my simile? Believe me!
When I was a little tyke, I always wanted to have younger brother. Someone who I can share all my pains, my thoughts, my dreams, my angst, my loneliness and my happiness. Someone who I can buy a cone of ice cream or a bar of chocolate. Someone who will call me kuya not because I am older but because of the attachment that we both shared. I’ve waited for a very long time but my family situation doesn't permitted me to have one. It was a disappointment for me.
But it was recently when something happened to me. Someone had crossed my path and changed my life. Never had I imagined that I can have a younger brother of my own. Though we’re not biologically siblings but we’re far more than that. Something in him made me understand the true meaning of friendship. In his simple dreams I learned the way of simplicity and to appreciate every little things that are happening to me. Indeed he brought great joy to my heart. I don’t know but there is something that keeps us bonded together. There is no other explanation why we find ourselves treating each other as kins. Maybe the simple reason is we are destined to be brothers.
As I count my blessings that I had received this few weeks, I counted him as the most important one. Too bad, it is too late before I found him. But that doesn’t matter anymore, what important is we can still have plenty of time to catch up. I can still be a good “kuya” to my “utol”.
Now, who can argue when I say water is as thick as blood? I told you it is true! Being brothers is not in blood but it is in the heart.
