Am I? I sometimes wonder. I’ve got a niece and a nephew of my own who I love and support as an uncle should. But by the same token, I like the fact that as an uncle I get to hand them back to their parents at the end of the day. Kids typically are not my thing.<\/p>\n
But yesterday morning I got a text message from Randy saying that his brother and sister-in-law had their third child; a second son. The text message actually said “We’re uncles again.”<\/p>\n
That, plus the fact that Randy’s mom referred to herself as my mother-in-law this past weekend, pretty much means that I’ve been welcomed into the family. And since they’ve all be so sweet, that’s something I’m quite thrilled about.<\/p>\n
But this also means I’ve got yet another trip to take this summer. It appears that we’ll be heading to Tennessee for Labor Day weekend for a christening. Well, we’ll stay in Tennessee (where is brother lives)…but the christening will take place in, gasp, Kentucky (where his wife’s family is from)!<\/p>\n
Hmm – since Randy and I aren’t married, though, does this make me an uncle to two nieces and nephews or five?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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