Simpler times

I was looking at an old family album and saw photos of me with my nephews and nieces. There was one in particular where I was posing on the slide with them all around me. Before my daughter was born I was the designated baby sitter for my siblings children. I was very active with them. We went to shops, I took them to see movies, I took them to parks and ran around on the playground equipment with them. I tried my best to be the cool uncle.

I did the same for my daughter. I remember taking her to the park and she always wanted to go on the swings. She would ask for monster pushes. Monster pushes were where I pushed the swing as hard as I could so you would get more height and speed. Another ritual involved walking to the corner store and buying those giant pixie sticks.

I may not speak much but I hope they all knew/know how much I care about them.