Once a week our “adopted” sister comes over to our house to
hang out. She spends times with our children and usually helps us make dinner.
Occasionally she will make the whole meal. My kids love it when Jenna comes
over. My almost 8 month daughter gets so excited when she walks in the door and
wants to see her immediately. My son runs through the house yelling, “Jenna is
here…Jenna is here…Jenna is here!” We consider her adopted because she gets
along well with all of the members of our family and we get along great. Over
the summer she will be living with us and helping take care of the kids. She
goes to BBC here in town and lives on campus. She has to pay rent over the
summer and has no access to food. The cafeteria is closed over the summer, so
she would have to purchase all of her own food. With her staying at our house
over the summer, she will save money, and so will we. She won’t have to pay
anything except a storage unit for part of her stuff. We will be paying less in
babysitting because she will watch our daughter a few days a week. We also
needed someone to watch my son all summer since school will be out, and couldn’t
afford for him to go to the babysitter every day of the week. It is a win for
everyone. The only thing that I wish were different was that our house were
bigger. We have a 3 bedroom house, and every room is currently being used. We
have our master bedroom, Joseph’s bedroom, and my daughter’s nursery. While
Jenna stays here she will be sleeping on the couch and keeping her basic living
essentials in our living room. I don’t mind though. She will have it organized
in here though so you won’t even be able to tell.
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This made me think of one of my favorite shows, "Supernatural", and a quote from Bobby Singer, "Family don't end with blood." I think that's incredibly true...in fact, sometimes the people we aren't related to end up being the ones to which we are the closest.
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~K~