Dear Tom and Jerry — You Define Sibling Relationships
Your innocent fights had hidden life lessons.
Dear Tom and Jerry,
When I was growing up, every evening, my brother and I would sit and enjoy the laughter you gave us while chasing each other. It was the only time when my brother and I would not chase each other around the house for the remote, hit each other for no reason, bite or scratch or pull each other’s hair for being the most annoying sibling on the planet.
Somehow siblings could understand the love-hate relationship you guys shared. It’s like a day doesn’t seem complete if there isn’t one sibling fight during those childhood days. You guys showed everyone that even if siblings hate each other to their guts when it comes to having each other’s back or protecting one another from threats, we will always be there to rescue one another.
The Day Seems Incomplete Without Your Fights
You also showed us how frustrating it would be for the caretaker to sort the mess our fights made. I still remember my mom holding mine and my brother’s ear to separate us from a massive fight and yell at us in frustration for turning the house worse than a junkyard. But no matter her countless efforts to keep us apart, somehow, we got to each other and finished the fight that wouldn’t end with both of us screaming our guts out to prove why our individual views are correct.
We also began to empathise with how Tom was the butt of Jerry’s pranks and how Jerry saved his life from Tom every time Tom thought that this is it. But we knew that no matter how much you guys wanted each other dead, life would be incomplete without your constant fights and your self-created havoc.
Your Fights Taught Us Life Lessons
As my brother and I grew up, we became pretty civilised and couldn’t catch up with the latest with you guys. But whenever we had a chance, and you guys were on TV, we made the most of it by reminiscing those golden days of a sibling relationship.
With time you evolved for us and became more than a cartoon. You showed us how life’s turmoil is similar to your fights as they keep us on our toes and never let us get complacent. Your conflicts are like life’s challenges. The moment we deal with one and breathe a sigh of relief, that very minute, another challenge is thrown at us, and up and about, we go trying to figure out how to deal with this new mess.
In your way, Tom and Jerry, you taught us how we must be prepared for all eventualities. Even if we may not know how or when life will throw us a curveball, we must not let it crush us and instead get ourselves up and face it head-on. Because we may assume we are weak and incapable, but the moment we try to deal with it one step at a time, we realise that we are more capable than we thought, just as how you guys feel that this time you have outdone yourselves by setting the best trap and somehow you guys escaped them all.
Thank you, Tom and Jerry, for being you and in your naughty ways for teaching us life’s profound lessons. You guys showed what sibling relationships look like and how the brutal fights faced in childhood gives us the strength to deal with life’s challenges head-on. And for that, we owe you big time.
Lots of love,
A forever Tom and Jerry fan
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