I was watching Baby A get passed around at Church the other day and thinking about how large her village has become.
We have been blessed by the people in former seasons of our lives who have chosen to continue on with us into subsequent ones. Rita and Steve whom I met during graduate school, are two of these people.
Foster family day at the Franklin Park Zoo was an opportunity to spend time together and to introduce them to Baby A.
They fully embrace their roles as Aunt and Uncle, spending as much (if not more) time talking to our kids as they do with us.
They expand our children's experience that love also comes from those to whom you are not related.
The rare circumstance of adults outnumbering children allowed us to be fully present and enjoy individual moments with each child:
Sophia and Jason got an additional thrill, when the coin operated rides they usually have to just pretend are moving were activated by the quarters and kindness of a stranger.
I am thankful for these moments when my children learn that friends can be family and generosity can be given to strangers.
It is a gift to be reminded of it myself.
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