December 22, 2019
Sister-Cousin Outing
You often read that cousins are usually your first friends. They know all about you, love you regardless of your differences, and enjoy life with you from start to finish…
I always dreamed of how close my siblings and I would be as adults and prayed our children would grow up together, loving each other as true friends. Just like sisters and brothers. My sister, Katy, even started the kids calling each other sister-cousins and brother-cousins – they act like siblings when they are together. They are tight as buddies and fight like enemies – yet love each other through all celebrations and disagreements.
So this day, Jaquline, Jillian, and Anastasia had a sister outing! Becca (my sister, Anastasia’s mom) took all three of them to go see Frozen 2 in a real theater – oh see those smiles?
I didn’t hear much about the movie except, “it was good,” but heard all about the jokes, fun ride, giggles, and enjoyment of their time together.
I try to teach my littles to focus on relationships – invest rather than spend time. I also want them to have competent adult mentors to look up to. I pray they never feel they can’t talk to me, but I hope that if they feel they can’t, they know they have dozens of family members and close trusted friends they can go to. Aunt Becca is such a strong, wise aunt (and super fun), my older girls have already gleaned life wisdom from her and ask advice sometimes. (And since Mom is as much a student of makeup as they are… they honestly are waaaaay better at it… they usually ask Aunt Becca for beauty advice!)
I so admire how my very busy sister takes time to invest in my youngsters! They LOVE all Aunt Becca outings!
I try to invest time myself – especially in those little humans I’ve been blessed to raise. I sometimes feel time slips away. (You know, when I realize that was the last Thursday morning I’ll be required to drive Christina to college as she gets her license the day before her next semester starts in January.)
I choose to enjoy each moment
Type at you next time,
~Nancy Tart