I just finished my contract as a Resident Advisor at Housing and Residential Education at the University of Utah. These eleven people were the residents in my house. They were my family.
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| These are my kids, a friend, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
I won't embarrass them by listing what I love about each one of them, but let me just say how absolutely amazing they all are! Each and every one of them is dear to my heart in different ways. Some of them are little kids, some of them are like teenagers, and some of them are like uncles to the kids. They mean the absolute world to me. They have made my world this last year. They have helped me to heal and have let me love in ways that I can't even begin to say.
They made a family tree, and put me as the mom. Gender roles led them to this...but it's kinda true. I tried to get to know each of them individually. I listened to them for hours on end. I counseled them about life and love. I learned to love each of their stories, each of their individual souls. I cared for their emotional well being. Some of them have passed through very hard things, and I had the wonderful opportunity to help them heal.
Sometimes you get people like these 11 in your life. Cherish those moments. Love them with your whole heart, and they will show you greater happiness than you may know existed before. They will change your life. These twelve changed mine. I don't have kids, so I don't actually know what that's like, but I love them as much as I can imagine loving my own kids. They are unique and wonderful and amazing and have incredible things ahead of them.
Dear reader, these are my kids. Take care of them if you know them. :) I love them.
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