Finding a pattern

Holly, my sister, has two boys, Matt and Zach. The boys have been a big part of our lives since the day they were born. We love all our nephews (and one niece!) so much. But, we have been fortunate that Matt and Zach live in town and we get to see them often.

When Cailey was born eight and half years ago, a new dynamic was created. Cailey and Zach have been the best of friends, it seems, since she was born.

Because Holly and I have been committed to keeping our families close, we spend nearly all holidays together and celebrate important events together as much as possible. We go to games and recitals and birthdays...those are all important :o) Zach and Cailey get so excited when they know they are going to get to spend some time together. Cailey begs me to go see Zach. She loves Matt, too ~ but Zach is closer to her age and they have always had a really sweet bond.

Today I was going through my picture folders on the computer and I came upon a pattern. It seems that every picture I pulled up of the kids had Zach and Cailey standing next to each other. If they are both in the picture, then they are standing/sitting next to each other ~ their body language almost always turned toward each other. I put a picture slide show together for my sister to show what I mean ~ there were, literally, only two pictures that didn't apply (where Zach and Cailey were standing apart from each other). I have two photo boxes of non-digital pictures (taken before I owned a digital camera) that prove to have the same pattern. I need to get those pictures scanned into my computer someday.

I love this relationship and I hope that it continues into their adulthood. I hope they will always have each other to lean on and confide in.



I showed Cailey the slide show this morning and told her I loved that her and Zach were such good friends. She replied, "We're more than friends...we're family."

Enough said.