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Today’s Topic is Sibling Relationships, so I thought I would share a little bit about my boys with you.
Sibling Relationships within the Framework of Adoption:
I haven’t shared much about my boys lately on the blog, a little bit on Instagram but otherwise not much. I struggle keeping a balance between proud mama and staying mindful of their privacy. I want to make sure that when my boys are grown they can look at what I have done online or in social media and appreciate that I cared enough to leave their personal stories for themselves. But I also want to have something for them to look back at and find little gems that their mother had forgotten to tell them 
So today I will share a small peak into my boys lives. They may not be siblings by having matching DNA but no one can deny them the title of brothers. That was earned the day Roman entered our home and they wore matching PJ’s instead!
Seriously how adorable is this?!?
Teo & Rome are brothers for life. They have bonded over wrestling, racing, “potty” talk, cars, super hero’s and their shared love of DAD.
Teo is definitely the older brother, he tells Rome what to do, tricks him into taking the smaller half of a shared dessert, and teaches him how to draw and tell a good joke. Oh! And just yesterday he tried to encourage Rome to jump off of the top bunk “You won’t get hurt, common, just do it”.
He is a gentle soul that welcomes friendship from any child he meets. He is kind but surprisingly strong willed when he wants to be.
Rome has taken to his second child roll by being continually on the move and always trying to outdo his older brother. I am amazed at how he continues to excel in ways I never expected at his age. This kid is STUBBORN! Which I think will help him in his future if we can continue to positively guide him and pray for him But WOW has it made for a challenge in parenting!
Put these two boys together and I am blessed to see loyalty spring forward as they connect in a way only brothers can. I also get the “joy” of parenting the intense conflict that can only come from knowing each other so well. (YAY ME!)
They are siblings for life and nothing will change that. They have a shared childhood that will always be a part of who they are.
What a blessing it is that we are not two dimensional people but are molded into adults by so much more. My boys are blessed to have so many parts to their story: Adoption, the God they love, the friends they hold dear, the cousins they play with, the grandparents that spoil them, the Birth-families that think of them and of course their parents that they will one day learn to appreciate ( right?). Mark and I have been blessed to be their parents, to raise them and positively impact them all the way into adulthood.
Oh how I LOVE MY BOYS and take so much joy in watching them bond as brothers.
As they grow up my prayer is that their love and loyalty for each other grows stronger along side a faith lived out for our Lord and Saviour.
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