Christmas is. (part 4)

Clark and Beau
and everything that they both are. :)



I am fascinated at how close these siblings are.
They rarely fight. And they talk like adults to each other.



They laugh a lot together, too.
When I see them laugh & play, I wish I had a brother I grew up with my brother.



"Hold on tight," Clark told Beau.



Clark begged I take him with me to Manila
on our way to the airport the day I flew back to the big city.
I promised I will let him take his summer vacation in Manila.
But that promise didn't help any.
He still cried his heart out when I left.



The difficult things about leaving and goodbyes --
the missing, the heartache, the longing to be back.

I miss them already.