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New Baby Brother
from August 2020
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New Baby Brother
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by Sue Lagermann
Tomorrow is the big day for my sister Cindy and me! Our mom is coming back home and bringing our new baby brother with her. We both were happy the baby was a boy. Now we had a brother.
While our mom was gone, we had Grandma Stella, my daddy’s mom, spend the night with us. She wasn’t around much as we were growing up. She agreed to watch us for the night daddy spent at the hospital. My mom said Grandma Stella didn’t have a motherly way about her. That night, she made us spaghetti for dinner. I told her that my mom doesn’t make me eat spaghetti sauce over my noodles. Grandma Stella served me my spaghetti without sauce. It wasn’t very good. I told her that if I didn’t finish dinner, my mom still gave me dessert. I didn’t finish dinner and still got dessert! When it was time to get ready for bed, I told Grandma Stella I only had to brush my teeth in the mornings.
That night in bed, I told Cindy I had fun playing jokes on Grandma Stella. Cindy told me that was lying, not playing jokes. Something really bad might happen. Maybe something bad would happen to our new baby brother. I said my prayers over and over until I fell asleep.
When I woke up, my Granddaddy was downstairs waiting for Cindy and me to come down. We ran downstairs to see him. We loved our Granddaddy. He was making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast. Granddaddy told us our daddy was bringing our mom and baby brother home today, but there was going to be a problem. I was so scared something was wrong because I lied. I said a fast prayer in my head before Granddaddy said, “The problem is that Joseph is your brother’s name, but so is your daddy’s. Let’s give him a nickname.” Since we were eating Skippy peanut butter, Cindy and I both said Skippy at the same time. Since that day, our brother has been called Skippy. Cindy and I were proud that we named our new baby brother. I was happy to know nothing bad happened to our baby brother and promised never to play jokes on Grandma Stella again. I never did. Six years later, we had another brother. This time, my mom named him David. David doesn’t have a nickname, but we are proud of him too.
About The Author
Sue Lagermann has been involved with the Floyd County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program since 1998 as a volunteer and became the director in 2004. Before becoming director, she advocated for over 20 children in the foster care system. She is the author of Violet Daisy Flowers becomes a Foster Kid, which is about an 8-year-old child’s journey through the child welfare system. Sue is the mother of six and grandmother of 11 children. Sue and her husband Bob reside in Aragon, GA.
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