On being an aunt...

I love being an aunt! Today, my mom and I went to B-ham to see our babies, and my how they are growing!   It is such a delight to see them mature, to mark developmental milestones, to hear them recite Bible verses from memory (one of them at least!). I can't explain the love that an aunt has for her babies! But I know it's real, and I know it's deep! I'll never forget the day that I became an aunt--when I held Thomas in my arms for the first time...

 I knew at that moment that he melted my heart, but I didn't know the half of it!! I didn't know the joy of walking through the months with him as he changed from an infant, to a chubby cruiser, to an inquisitive little fellow! All I knew at that moment, was I was his "Aunt RuRu" and I was so very happy with my new title!

How does love grow when it fills your heart so fully from the start? I don't know, but I know it does! I love this little man more every time I see him...I love our conversations over the coffee table! I never knew that I would feel like the questions from his little lips would be the most important questions I had ever been asked! "What's your faborite aminal, RuRu?" he asks, and I pause to consider because I must not answer his question lightly...this is not casual chit-chat. No, my little man and I are building a relationship, one block at a time, one puzzle at a time, one book at a time, and it's the building that I find so beautiful!

Princess Margaret is quoted with saying this about her nephew: "I suppose, I'll now be known as Charley's Aunt!" I wouldn't mind it a bit to continue through life being known by a title just as sweet! :)