My (Two) Favorite Roles In Life

Some days I take a trip down memory lane for no particular reason, and some days I walk that path intentionally. This morning I have been sorting through pictures as I think about the birthday of my oldest niece- which, by the way, is not the best idea when you are already behind schedule due to the inconvenience of a time change. If there are two girls in this world that I think the most of (not counting my own, of course), it would be these two pictured here.

This photo was taken long before these two became the mothers of their own little baby daughters, but it just so happens to my favorite one of the two of them together. While I was wishing the oldest a happy birthday this morning, I thought about that day I was sitting in a junior high algebra class when I was given a yellow post-it note announcing that I was a new aunt. From that moment on, I was hooked. I know that I know that my brother had to be sick of seeing me at his place, but come on... how do you resist a sweet baby girl who shares your middle name? Then the second one came along some four years later and I was in love all over again. My claim to fame with her is the time I rescued her from the Great Flood of 1990.

Okay... a slight exaggeration on my part, but my sister-in-law was there.
She can back up my story even if nobody else believed us at the time.

I really do love being an aunt.

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And because I am who I am, I just can't fight the urge to not share these pictures as well. It's been quite a few years since the kids were this little, but some photos just make you smile.

I love being a mom, too.