My sister's niece Antionette is now 15 years old. She probably just knows me as Char's brother, because that's how she talks to me. It's obvious, and I don't blame her, as the person that used to take care of her when she was born to when she was about 4 or 5. I thought her how to read a little bit, when she said she didn't know how to. She doesn't know me anymore as the person she used to look for.
Unfortunately, because of some awesome family drama, I wasn't able to see her for a few years. Also unfortunate, it was during the time when kids really start to know who people are. Not seeing someone for that long can definitely make you forget about the person almost completely. It sort of makes me a little bit sad because we used to sit and watch Barny together, sleep in her small kid's wading pool in my living, and a bunch of other fun kid stuff. Now she just knows me as, Char's brother.
Over the weekend, my brother-in-law set up his beer pong table during his son's birthday party. (We play with water. It's more for bragging rights since we're all hyper competitive than it is about drinking.) Antionette was just shooting around because she was bored, so I decided to ask her if she wanted to play. We shot around, laughed, and it was fun. I wanted to post on my Facebook, "Playing beer pong with a 15 year old girl." for laughs, but I'd probably get some sort of arrested. In any case, it was fun while it lasted.
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