Monday, November 19, 2012

Uncle

I became an uncle last night. I'm sure this comes as a shock to my parents and my only brother.

My oldest friend just had her baby. Even though we're not related we've shared a lot of life events together and we probably know more about each other than most of our respective families do. So, she's kinda like my sister, even though there is no biological connection between us. And that makes her son my nephew. That makes me an uncle. I'm being serious when I say I really do feel connected to this little guy. I really do feel like an uncle. It's strange how these relationships come about. I know I am not related to him, but I am his uncle.

2 comments:

Curtis said...

My heart skipped a beat.

Clinton said...

I wonder what mom and dad thought.