Have you ever met someone where there was an instant connection?
You know, within just a couple of minutes your souls bond and nothing....nothing on earth can change it. Not distance, not time, not age, not anything.
Sometimes I think God just sits upstairs and connects two souls just because it's a fun thing to do.
Here are two but for the grace of God would have never, ever met, but now they are related and not just in a family connection.
(Releasing the fish she caught.)
The same is true for her sister and me. There is just simply something there that can't be explained in earthly terms.
If you notice my tight grip on this little girl, I'm pretty sure I have needed her more than she's needed me.
And yet, in one short weekend he fell for another girl.
Oh, it was so obvious from the moment he saw her. No one could mistake that look.
She's used to wrapping men around her little finger. At first she tried to play hard to get. And she even started out getting me to participate in her little scheme of capturing my husband's heart.
She whispers in my ear, "Tell Michael I'm afraid of vacuum cleaners."
I was confused, there was no Michael (yet) in the house. I said, "Who's Michael?" She points her tiny fingers at Bob.
I said, "That's not Michael, that's your new Uncle Bobby."
She whispers again,, "Tell Uncle Bobby I'm afraid of vacuum cleaners." I told him, even though there were no vacuum cleaners in sight and I'm not sure why that tidbit was important.
Yes, he fell in love, actually with two girls. As did I.
I mean, do you know anyone who couldn't fall in love with this smile?
Or these eyes?
Yeah, I lost my husband this weekend. Two sweet precious girls stole his heart away while I was distracted with them stealing mine.
Over the course of my life I have learned each year how incredibly blessed I am to have such a wonderful family.
As a kid, you just simply can't appreciate the things that make it wonderful, but as I've been exposed to other family situations, I have found that we are actually very unique.
Growing up, we were like ordinary kids, arguing, fighting, etc. My brother Mark hated me. Took me until I was 13 to figure out that it was only because I took the "baby" title away from him when he was 4. Sorry Mark, I didn't have a whole lot of input in that, blame Mom and Dad.
Anyway each year we get closer and closer. I suppose we got all of our fighting and arguing out as kids.
And over the years our family keeps growing. Some are born into it, some are married into it, a couple of girls started out as my co-workers but have developed into daughters of my heart. I have a nephew that our family "married" when his mother married my brother, I have another "nephew" that my sister "adopted" when he was here from India getting his masters at Purdue. He and his wife have truely become family although he lives on the other side of the earth. We are about to get two new members to our family. Most of us has not yet seen them, but a precious little miracle is about to occur in the lives of two little girls who were not as blessed as we were with growing up with loving caring parents. The oldest one is so excited she left a message for her new "mom". The message here has only been edited to leave my new niece's name private.
What I love most about my family is that none of us put restrictions on who we consider family. We don't bother with who has the actual family gene because we realize that those that don't have our "gene" have been given to us by God, not biology.
Congratulations to the new mom and dad. I can't wait to see my new two nieces. Go easy, it will be a big and wonderful adjustment which will enrich two little girls lives in ways that they cannot yet imagine.
UPDATED: The girls have been having "visits" this week with their new mom and dad. Looks like they will be moved permanently this weekend and they'll get their first visit from their new Grandma and Grandpa!!!! Can't wait till Aunt Rita gets to see them. And I know I'll be their favorite aunt!!!!
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