Brothers

Today I had a surprise visit from my honorary brother, Tristin. It had been a long time since I had seen him and I was so happy lay eyes him. He had said he would not be coming up to the high school since he has problems getting along with some of my classmatesmates. Nothing could have brightened my afternoon like seeing Tristin outside the door and grinning. That boy is like a ray of sunlight in a storm cloud. He would prefer to be called an assassin and he is one at times.

My second honorary brother, Aric, is at a college in a far off town, but he sends me messages on what he is up to and gives me stories he has written. We spend a great deal of time talking online and have been able to keep our friendship growing in strength due to the wonders of the internet. We both would prefer to see each other off the net, but Aric can't come back to our hometown every weekend so we look forward to the time we get to hang out with each other and Tristin.

The third honorary brother is Aden. We hang out at church every Sunday and goof off in our youth class. He is am amazing artist and has his own ways of expressing his faith. I went to my first Christian rock concert with him and one of my buds from "The Insane Asylum" along with the rest of our youth group.

It is strange how I grew up with no brothers only to find I now have three that I treasure as much as my real sibling. These boys are my brothers in spirit and I wouldn't trade my memories with them for all the books in the world.