If you have a sister you understand, if you don’t maybe you will think I am crazy. But when you have a sister and your sister has kids it’s about the closest feeling you can come to actually having children yourself. I have two sisters and together they have five amazing boys. Five awesome nephews for me to mother, aunt, friend and just generally rave about to everyone I meet. So here are two of my “other children”. Satchel reminds me so much of me in some ways. He is quiet and LOVES books and in other ways he is all my older sister…he loves to organize and lead and help all the other cousins through the world. And in some ways he is just so utterly himself, he is the boy who when shopping at our favorite store Anchor #5 in Troy, says “Aunt Jessie you work so hard you really do deserve something special. You should absolutely buy that headband!” He is the boy who learned to play Somewhere Over the Rainbow on the piano and made us all cry with pride and joy and sorrow because it was the song that played while my father died. He is the boy who always has a quiet smile and a kind word and a gentle soul. And then there is Roscoe. Roscoe is laughter and light and silliness and wonder. He is my son’s best friend on the planet. My son once said that he wouldn’t want to live in a world without Roscoe. And I totally agree! He has eyes that could stop traffic and loves to tuck in his shirts and hold doors for strangers. There are just no words that adequately capture my nephews but I happen to have a few images so take a look…
Satchel and Roscoe thank you for making being an Aunt the second best job on the planet!
