"My Older Brother"

We had a very sweet experience at the grocery store the other day that I wanted to share.

I was getting things for dinner with both of the kids.  As we're checking out, Liam is being a little crazy and joking around, basically being a boy.  MaKenzie just kind of shook her head at him and rolled her eyes.  The cashier, a boy who looked to be around 18 or 19 kind of laughed with her.  He said, "when I was your brother's age, I was just like him."

He told MaKenzie how he had one older sister and one younger sister, and that it had been his job to keep the girls on their toes.  They joked around for a minute and he left my kids smiling as we finished paying.

As we walked out to the car, MaKenzie was still in a good mood from the encounter and she said, "he was just the opposite of me!"

I asked her how so.

"He has an older sister and a younger one.  I have an older brother and a younger one.  Well, I will have an older brother soon."

I just smiled and said, "yeah, you're right, sweetie."  But she had no idea how much it touched my heart.

She also kind of chewed me out last week and asked why I wasn't looking for her brother any more.  When we first started this process, we had the kids look through the websites with us often.  Because they haven't done that lately, she assumed I had stopped looking for him.  She was very relieved when I told her that I was still actually looking for her brother, and that I was checking the websites every day.

They both continue to pray for their future brother every night.  And still talk all the time about what it's going to be like when they have another brother.

MaKenzie and Liam are waiting.  They're ready.  They're eager.

Where are you, brother?