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New Baby Brother
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by Sue Lagermann
omorrow is the big day for my sister Cindy and
When I woke up, my Granddaddy was downstairs
me! Our mom is coming back home and bringing
waiting for Cindy and me to come down. We ran
our new baby brother with her. We both were
downstairs to see him. We loved our Granddaddy.
happy the baby was a boy. Now we had a brother.
He was making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
While our mom was gone, we had Grandma Stella,
for breakfast. Granddaddy told us our daddy was
my daddy’s mom, spend the night with us. She wasn’t
bringing our mom and baby brother home today,
around much as we were growing up. She agreed to
but there was going to be a problem. I was so scared
watch us for the night daddy spent at the hospital.
something was wrong because I lied. I said a fast
My mom said Grandma Stella didn’t have a motherly
prayer in my head before Granddaddy said, “The
way about her. That night, she made us spaghetti for
problem is that Joseph is your brother’s name, but so
dinner. I told her that my mom doesn’t make me eat
is your daddy’s. Let’s give him a nickname.” Since
spaghetti sauce over my noodles. Grandma Stella
we were eating Skippy peanut butter, Cindy and I
served me my spaghetti without sauce. It wasn’t very
both said Skippy at the same time. Since that day,
good. I told her that if I didn’t finish dinner, my mom
our brother has been called Skippy. Cindy and I were
still gave me dessert. I didn’t finish dinner and still got
proud that we named our new baby brother. I was happy to know nothing bad happened
dessert! When it was time to get ready for bed, I told
to our baby brother and promised
Grandma Stella I only had to brush my teeth in
never to play jokes on Grandma
the mornings.
Stella again. I never did.
That night in bed, I told Cindy I had
Six years later, we
fun playing jokes on Grandma Stella. Cindy told me that was
had another brother.
lying, not playing jokes.
This time, my mom named him David.
Something really bad
David doesn’t have
might happen. Maybe something bad
a nickname, but
would happen
we are proud of
to our new
him too.
baby brother. I said my prayers over and fell asleep.
8 // August 2020
About The Author
over until I Sue Lagermann has been involved with the Floyd County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program since 1998 as a volunteer and became the director in 2004. Before becoming director, she advocated for over 20 children in the foster care system. She is the author of Violet Daisy Flowers becomes a Foster Kid, which is about an 8-year-old child’s journey through the child welfare system. Sue is the mother of six and grandmother of 11 children. Sue and her husband Bob reside in Aragon, GA.
