I just spent the whole weekend camping and cuddling 2 beautiful boys I had never met before! By the end of the weekend, when we were packing everything to leave, the boys climbed into my truck and stated that they were going to stow away and come home with me.

"A" (7) was mostly just a little boy competing with "N" (11) his uncle. But N was something else. He ended up sitting in my lap Friday because there had been a chain of seat stealing and he ended up the odd man out, and he threatened to sit on someone... so I volunteered. That became his standard seat for the rest of the weekend, much to my delight! He later asked if I liked hugs (silly question from a curly-haired blond 11y/o with such blue eyes I could have just stared into them for hours. wearing only a medieval tunic and boxers) and he told me he does too, and proceeded to hug me very tight for a very long time, and often after that.

A was not nearly as mature, but he was certainly a delightful bundle of energy and curiosity.

And to top it all off, the group we were all with has such events nationwide and all year long, so we have every reason to expect this new friendship to last for a long time.

I may have just made 2 new YF's!

In Christ
~CSL