Back from vacation

We spent the past several days in Nebraska visting family and we just got back earlier this evening. This time last night, I was crying my eyes out over having to leave my little 3-year old niece Jada. We became best pals when my sister lived just down the street from us here in Texas, and our visits now are few and far between so it's rough saying goodbye. They moved back to Nebraska to be near family about a year ago.

I thought I was going to be fine last night, but once it came time to give my sister and both of her girls a hug goodbye, I lost it. I tried to hide out in the bathroom once I knew the floodgates had opened, but after a few minutes Jada came wandering into the bathroom to check on me, and started rattling off story after story (each of which lasted about fifteen seconds). No point in getting too caught up in the depth of just one I suppose. She knew I was upset, so she tried to do her best to entertain me and set my mind on something else.

Jada has this habit of projecting her own little feelings onto her sister Ciara, whom we all call Cici, and smack in the middle of one of her stories (as I was sniffling and looking at her through bloodshot eyes), she said, "You know Nenny, Cici REALLY does love you." Ahhhhh! I'm tearing up just thinking about it again. But that little sentence will stick with me for the rest of my life.

I'll post vacation pics as soon as I get the chance. There were lots of other people around besides Jada! She's the one that melted me though. Aunt Nenny is a big pile of goo I tell ya.