Rives Op Talk

"Op Talk" struck a nerve for me. I actually almost cried. Almost. My brother and I had a very similar relationship to Rives and his sister. My brother is two years younger than me, and as children we were inseperable. We played make-believe games day and night, made K'nex wonderlands, and even held weekly art sales in our front yard of our very own creations. Cary and I did have a secret language at one point. It wasn't "op talk," but it was similar. "Gibberish" never really made it past adolescence, but having my brother there as an alliance during our parents' divorce and the remairrage of our father made all the difference in the world. I'm starting to feel like one of the "excessively emotional" that Professor Dolson was talking about in class on Monday, but hearing Rives' account was like hearing my childhood all over again. I hope my brother and I will continue to stay close for the rest of our lives.