In my twenty one years of existence, I've experienced loads of surprises.
But I had to ask myself, Which of them was the biggest surprise of my life?.
At first nothing came to mind then it hit me.
Shocker
I don't think I can ever writing stories centered around my childhood because I had an amazing one.
The biggest surprise I got was the news that there was a little baby growing in my mother's tummy.
I think it came as a shock to me at that time because I didn't know where babies came from and I didn't understand why we needed one of them.
I will admit I felt betrayed. I might have even hatched numerous plans in my head on how I would ship him off to another state.
I'm grateful I never had the means to actualize it.
A few months into the pregnancy, I had to stay at home due to an unfortunate injury that left me scarred me for life.
I like to see the positive sides of things, So I saw it as an opportunity to bond with the unknown creature growing in my mother's tummy. At that time it was just my mother and I, my senior brother was in boarding school and my dad travelled for work.
I didn't know the baby yet but I was sure of one thing. I loved him already.
By then we had discovered the gender. I had even tried to learn baby language so I would be able to communicate properly with him once he was born.
On the twenty fifth of June 2010, my little brother was brought into this world. I refused to go to school just so I could welcome him.
My little Netherland. I won't lie, even though I loved him, I was still envious. Everyone gasped and cooed on how beautiful he was.
For a moment I felt neglected.
I was just being an overly paranoid little girl and as it turned out, there was enough space for me in the picture.
As the years passed, Netherland grew into a mini pain. It made me wish I had made good on my plans to ship him away.
From my cute little brother who I adored so much, he became the annoying little pest that I couldn't get rid of.
The biggest surprise had come and the only thing I could think of was making a surprise package out of him.
In the recent years, things have become better. I guess it was just phases because now I don't want to figuratively murder him half of the time.
He is more like a male best friend.
He helps me decide which clothes to wear and how to wear my hair.
I love how much our relationship had progressed. I couldn't have asked for a better movie and my story animated (MSA) partner.
I know the relationship isn't perfect. You can't expect to find perfection anywhere but I love my brother very much. If you want to get on my bad side, all you have to do is do something that makes him sad.
I'm always one for surprises. Definitely not the bad and I'm happy that the biggest surprise of my life came as my little brother.
In all honesty, I can't imagine my life without him.