How could you not think he is supercute, with this picture?
(and check out his camo hoodie! how badass is THAT?)
I miss my nephew. A lot. I was looking at the pic of he and I with Santa. He wears a keychain, one of those lanyards, around his neck, with a few keys, a fluffy white dog keychain, and my mom and I got him an Elmo keychain that laughs when you press his belly. Trey loves that keychain. It's like a security blanket for him or something. It's so cute, because it's almost as tall as he is. I cannot imagine my life without this little boy now. At not even two years old, he can teach everyone about simple things like love. He is so loving, and so unconditional with his love. His innocence at everything he sees is so refreshing. When do we lose that? When do we start to put conditions on our love, or build walls around our hearts, instead of loving everyone in our lives so openly? We stop vocalizing it. But not Trey. And I hope he never does.
2 comments:
Unfortunately, life comes at us too quickly and love is yanked out of our grasps as teenagers because we are not smart enough, or pretty enough, or not chosen on the right team.
Then, in college, we learn that we can't make a certain sororiety or group of friends because we are not cool enough or again, pretty enough, or smart enough.
So, conditions are put upon us and we either give up and build walls, or we move forward one step at a time and still find the beauty in a child's laughter or puppy's wet nose, or the unconditional love of our family or pets.
We choose to keep our hearts open, even after a bitter divorce, or love gone wrong after that first 90 days of long looks, intimacy that never seems to end, or "head rush" of meeting someone new.
And we keep trying to find that unconditional love, because it is out there....and not just in Trey's smile.
Love remains in our hearts because we give it freely, in the helping of a stranger, in the holding of a door for a mother and small child, in the smile we give someone else on a bus. We make the world a little nicer to be in that way.
Keep being who you are, my love. And know that love goes on, after the ones we love are gone, because they touched our lives and made our lives a little nicer so we can make someone else's life a little nicer....and be kinder to people because everyone is fighting some kind of battle in their lives.
MM
He's adorable!!! and growing up so fast!!!!
Hope all is well :-)
Lily
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