I'll do Anything to Make You Happy!

This post is mainly about my other son Jack. He is an amazing little man. He just wants to make everyone happy and laugh.

Before Joey's accident, he would play with Joey all the time. He taught him how to play video games and how to wrestle. He would ride him around on his motorized tractor. They would fight with Jack's swords. Jack would even wake up in the morning and sit in his crib with him until I got up. Jack loved being a big brother. He loved making Joey happy. Well then things changed when Joey had his accident. Jack felt he needed to blame someone. At first he blamed his dad. Then he blamed himself. One of Jack's swords was in the pool and he swears that is what Joey was reaching for when he fell in. No matter how we tell him, or how often we tell him that Joey wasn't reaching for the sword, and that no one is to blame, he still blames himself. Jack was very depressed for the first 1 1/2 yrs or so. He lost being a big brother. He missed Joey terribly. He didn't interact with Joey at all. He wasn't sure about everything. As Joey got better, so did Jack. Finally after about the first 1 1/2 yrs, Jack found different ways to make Joey laugh. That is all Jack needed. So he continues to find different ways to make him laugh. He loves to hold him and cuddle him. He helps him sit and stretch. Joey just loves all of Jack. Joey smiles the biggest when you say Jack's name. When Jack walks in the room, Joey lights up. This has changed Jack. Jack feels like a big brother again.

OK, so all that brings me to this. Joey started baseball and it is Jack who is helping him bat and Jack who is wheeling him around the bases. Jack getting the chance to heal and be the big brother he always wanted to be. It is the best thing in the world to see. Then this evening Jack was eating ice cream and he decided on his own that Joey wanted some. So he got down on the ground and they shared a 1/2 carton of ice cream. Jack laughed every time Joey made a funny face because the ice cream was to cold. When Jack laughed, Joey laughed harder. Jack said to Joey "I'll do anything to make you happy!" and then kissed him on the forehead.

My boys are healing. One physically and one mentally and they are doing it together like brothers should.