friends

Tonight i have five children. My lovely little niece Bryn is spending the night. I just went up to tuck them all in and I overheard Eliza and Toby explaining to Bryn how to make friends.

Eliza - "you just walk up to someone and you tell them you want to be friends"

Toby - "when you start kindergarten you'll have too many friends"

Bryn - "But kids don't like me"

That's the sound of my heart breaking. Kids are so sweet and there is something so special about cousins. I never had that as a child and i love watching my nieces and kids interacting and creating these bonds this week.

Bryn was born with severely clubbed feet. She had casts for the first year of her life, followed by four years of physical therapy and four surgeries. She still seems a little uncoordinated, but to look at her you'd never know all the trauma she's been through.

It's amazing to me the things these kids can go through and thrive.

I love them.