Snow White's new buzzword is "family."
"Let's watch TV like a family."
"Hold hands like a family!"
"We are having a family dinner."
"Are we going to watch a movie like a family?"
It is both precious and sad at the same time. It is precious because I love hearing her call us a family. Sometimes she still struggles with our place in her life, but she has accepted the idea that she has two families: us and her parents/brother.
It is sad because so many of the "family" activities are so normal and everyday, but she LOVES them and NOTICES them and APPRECIATES them. I never had to suggest that we do something as a family while growing up. Holding hands was normal, and family dinners were all I knew until we were in high school. The sense of family was always there, but with Snow White this is a new feeling.
I am so proud and thankful that we are showing her what a family really is, but my heart weeps that she has gone 5 years without ever knowing about family.
Not going to lie.... my heart also quakes at the thought that she might never again feel a part of a family when she leaves us.
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