this is...

my brother. he's 13...14 in two days. he lives with my dad in minnesota...poor thing…oh so cold.

i wasn't around from when he was three up until he was 11. i missed a lot. that makes my heart break. when i saw him for the first time in eight years, i was afraid he wouldn't like me...what did an 11 year old boy have in common with his 20-something sister? this wasn't like getting some random middle-schooler to like me...this was my brother. i wanted so badly to connect with him...

how my God provides for me...how He provides. a few months ago when i saw wes, he was teaching me some football moves or plays...or whatever it is called (you can tell i'm a huge fan of football huh?) ;). And while we were doing that, i kinda half mentioned that it would be cool if he visited me so we could go to a falcons game. he jumped on the idea! and even went on to say he'd love to come visit me this summer for a week or so...i was blown away! do 13 year old boys want to hang out with their 25 year old sister...that they didn't really know until two years before? I cannot describe how that felt.

so...i pray his mom will let him come visit me. i'm not sure if she will.

no matter what the outcome...God provides! remember that.