Monday, May 26, 2008

Draven - "The Teacher"

Since the beginning, Draven has found ways to teach his sister, Elora, the facts of life. In her earliest years, he would offer a "visible lesson" by grinding his teeth, grunting, and many times forcefully taking back whatever it was she walked away with that belonged to him. Other times, he would throw her toy as a "mental lesson" reminding her not to throw his toys. Even more so on other occasions, he would knock her diaper-butt down as a "physical lesson" to not bite him/pull his hair/pinch him/etc. When she reached age three, Draven began offering more "emotional lessons" by holding his ground, awaiting her 'Please Draven...' in a happy voice, even through her tantrums, stubbornness, many aggravated tears, and refusal to be nice. But then, at the turning of age four, he introduced "verbal lessons" to her. Whether it was yelling right back at her or mimicking her every word, only to annoy her as much as she did to him earlier that day, he was bound to teach her.

However, it is nice to see that his "teachings" actually do have many times of loving, patient, and caring moments. Whether he bites down and painfully yet "nicely" explains how to do something, for the fourth time; rolls his eyes to her continuous questions of curiosity, yet answers them patiently as if it was her first question versus her tenth one; or physically beats himself up just to put a smile back on her face in the time of aggravation, he has become and always will be not only Elora's big brother, but also her teacher.