Monday, July 27, 2009

Uncle "B"

My brother calls himself Kade's Uncle "B" and encourages Kade to learn his name often. I decided to write about my brother who is 2 1/2 years younger than me. I am so proud of my little brother. He started his first real job this week. After lots of searching he finally got a job that sounds great for him. My brother has always been really smart; he can read something once and remember it forever. He graduated with his bachelor's degree in 3 years and then got his masters degree in a year and a half. His degrees are in finance and unfortunately he graduated at a very bad time for finance in our country right now. So after many months of interviews and applying to several jobs a day he finally got a job as a loan counselor for a mortgage company. We have all been praying for months for Bradley to get a job and when he called and said he got a job of course I wanted to cry I was so excited for him.
My brother is the loud outgoing "fun" one out of the two of us. He is never afraid to tell you or anybody else what he thinks. When we are out I usually have to tell him to talk quieter; he seriously has such a loud voice. My brother is very set in his ways already, sometimes I tell him he is like an old man. He enjoys living alone with his little dog and likes things his way. Finance fits him perfectly because he probably has the first penny he ever made, he is so cheap. Bradley is very funny and can always make me laugh; even if I am mad at him. Like any brother and sister we do fight and definelty get along better when we do not live together. When he came home from college he lived with Tim and I for awhile and our house was a battle field most days. When he got his own apartment we got along much better.
When my mom died I had a sense of motherly instinct that it was my job to take care of my little brother who was 18 at the time. We used to argue so much because he said I was acting too much like his mother and I wasn't his mother. I definelty had to learn to let go a little and realize that I couldn't worry about where he was 24 hours a day and what he was doing. My brother is the best uncle and loves Kade so much. My brother has helped us so much when we needed a urgent babysitter because Kade was sick and we coulnd't get off of work. Bradley even took Kade to the doctor for a shot once this year when I was stuck in Dallas at a workshop and Tim was stuck in a meeting. He usually babysits anytime we ask; sometimes I have to beg a little and we get put on a time frame but we are thankful to have him babysit. We joke with him that we are losing are daytime babysitter now that he has a job.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am so proud of Bradley and what he has accomplished in such a short time. Under the circumstances he did such a remarkable job. I'm glad that he is close to Kade.
If he gives you a hard time about babysitting, you can call Kade's great Aunt Sharon. I love my great nephew.
PS. I am also proud of you for what you have accomplished. You both would have made your mom proud.

Patsy said...

I agree totally with everything you said about Bradley...he's his own person and I wouldn't want him to be any other way. I'm also very proud of him and his accomplishments.
Heather you have such a way with words and I look forward to your blogs...keep them coming.
Love you, Patsy

The Neel Deal said...

I agree! I love B-rad
oh and also i'll be waiting for a blog about me :)
Loves,
Amanda..