Little Reminders

There are little reminders in life that I’m exactly where I should be. One day it’s babe grabbing me and kissing me the moment I walk in the door, another day it might be words of encouragement from co-workers, reminding me I’m right where I’m supposed to be. This weekend I had a similar moment in the midst of my nephew’s belated thirteenth birthday party. We had family in from multiple parts of WV and VA to my mom’s house – we had family and friends that hadn’t all been together in one place since my grandmother passed away. We were still missing lots of our extended family, but when the entire family came together to pray & then devour amazing food in the beautiful sunshine, I realized this was exactly where I was supposed to be. And it was also exactly what I needed. I needed to see my little cousin Logan calling my nephews his “brothers”. I needed to see my cousin & uncle playing kickball with all the kids. I needed to say that prayer, thankful for everyone being brought together. 

Family Kick Ball Tournament

 

I looked at my mom and said Grandma would love this, she’s so happy I know. Because my grandmother lived for a house full of people, lived to cook wayyy to much food and make a homemade birthday cake. Well my mom’s house was definitely full of people. There was wayyyyy to much food and my sister made a homemade red velvet cake… even if it did take two tries to get that icing perfect. 

Cutting that AMAZING red velvet cake my sister made

As I cut slices of that amazing cake, passing around plates, I smiled at the new role we had all taken. There’s a new generation of “kids” and a new generation of “adults” to pitch in. It may not have been grandma’s house in WV… but it was just what I needed.