Ronan's Family Tree

Liz and family spent Easter and Easter week with us. We all had a blast having them here. If we didn't need sleep, I think the kids would have done away with it. Ronan was especially teary when they left. The afternoon after their departure, Ronan came home from school with a homework assignment--to create a family tree. He asked me if I could print pictures of Ethan, Evan, and Ellysa. I thought --oh wow, he must really miss them. And then he asked me to also print out a picture of Elijah (our friend from Ocean Springs). I said--sure you want me to put it in a photo album? He said " No mom!! we have to cut the pictures and then put them on my family tree with Patrick, Gabriel, Dada, you, Lola and Papa".
Sweet Ronan reminded me that our family tree is so much larger than the "blood-relation family tree"--. It's more like the banyan tree filled with relatives and dear dear friends who keep us grounded and strong. I hope he and his brothers will always remember that.