A Very Brilliant New Constellation

Kara has told me that she sometimes feels conflicted about taking away Bentley's only child status. He was so enjoying it. His parents and grandparents thought he was the coolest little person ever and they unabashedly proclaimed it. Since he had no siblings, no one could accuse them of favoritism. (Kara noted that she had been dethroned as the coolest child ever, but since her childhood was over and past, it wasn't that big of a deal to her. Besides, she was as enamored of her replacement as we were.)

Oddly enough I don't recall Kara lamenting the twins' lack of only child status. Bentley reigned supreme for 17 months--well, more like 13 months since the last four months of pregnancy the twins made a significant impact on Bentley's way of life even though they were still in the womb. 13 months was still a good long reign when you consider that the twins did not enjoy even a second as only children. Heck, even if they had no older sibling, they still wouldn't have had a second of only childhood.

If only child status is so cool (and Kara can testify that it is), then why regret its loss in Bentley's life, but ignore its total absence in the twins' lives? Is it because being a twin is just as special (in its own way) as being an only child? Is it the loss of Bentley's special status that she worries about? Did Bentley not only lose his only child status, but was he then eclipsed by the birth of twin siblings?

Nah, he hasn't been eclipsed. It could have gone that way, but he is still shining just as brightly in the lives of his parents and grandparents. He is more than able to hold his own against the stellar radiance of The Twins. Now there is a brilliant new constellation of little ones--The Twingle and Twinks.