We Are Family

After being away from my husband and home for almost 2 weeks, we are slowly getting back to our regular routine. Lilly has been walking around the house calling out to Cole, Greg, Chad, Liz, Addie, Lindsay, Nana, and D-Da hoping that one if them will pop up from behind the door and say peek-a-boo! I wish the same thing. 

If you look up the definition of "family" in the dictionary it will say something like this:  a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for. 

This is not exactly true. Family is so much more than that. Your family  are the people that are by your side in good times and in bad. Your family does things for you without being asked just because they care. They put your needs first when you need a shoulder to lean on, no matter how busy they are. Your family spends time with you, checks in on you,  and does things to show they love you without asking for anything in return. 

If I had to give a definition of what family is, I would say this: Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song. 

Thank you to all of my wonderful family who has shown me what that word truly means. But more importantly, thank you for showing Lilly. She has so many wonderful role models in her life already and she doesn't even know it. What a lucky girl!