Griff turned one, so of course we went home for his birthday. I was in auntie heaven with ALL of my nieces and nephews at the party. Griff gets cuter each time I see him, and they are all growing up so fast. Jasper knows exactly who uncle Kyle is, and it is so fun to see Kyle taking on the role of being an uncle with so much enthusiasm. My brothers may pick on Kyle relentlessly, granted 99% of the time Kyle is asking for it, or just trying to fit in, but he fits. He has become family, and that makes me happy beyond words. The sister-in-laws really only have me to make it past, but Kyle has all of them to win over. I think Griff's party was the first time in a long time that I felt like there was a spark of hope for healing and that feeling was overwhelmingly good. Some things may never change, some people may never change, some prayers never really get answered, but every once in a while life throws us a curve ball and people start showing up. I am just happy some day Griff can look back at pictures and see how incredibly loved by his family he is.
 “Other things may change us, but we start and end with family”