My brother André is a life guard. Lately I’ve been thinking of him a lot. He is far from being my favorite family member, indeed he never was. But anyway being my brother I can’t help but love him. André is whiter than I am and his hair was actually white (not yellow) blond when he was a child. Now is light brown.
Going back to his job, he exposes himself a lot to the sun. Mom and I were always telling him how important the use of sunscream was. He is no longer "white", instead he got a very tanned skin. It’s not bad at all, some westerns would love that color, but we Brazilians are very concerned about how harmful the sun can be. White and very tanned the hair from his arms and legs gets very blond.
Being in Africa made me think so much of him probably because of what the sun has done to my skin. My arms mainly. The African sun never gives me a break and it doesn’t matter much if I have sunscream on or not. The sun shines upon my skin and I get burnt so easily. The rays are very strong and powerful. I am as darker than ever and sometimes i wonder if the African tan will ever leave my body, it seems that it won't. . All this to say that right now my skin is so alike my brother’s. Every time I see my arms, and I see them all the time, I remember André. My skin is so tanned that the hair from my arms are also blond just like his and through this I realize we have more than just the same family blood, right now we also have the same skin type. Funny or useless you may think all these lines are but for me it’s a great thing to LOVE my brother and see that we are very similar even being different and many ways. Africa thought me one more lesson: I do care and love my brother even being who he is and how he is, I mean, even being who I am and how I am. Confused? Maybe I’m too =o,
Just wanna finish with a line for my other brother Vinicius who is a sweetheart most of the times. Every time we talk through the internet or phone he can’t hang up before saying he loves me. "Vini, love you too!"
Oh well, what a hard year... Love you dear crazy folks: Mom, dad, André and Vini!
17/01/2011
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