My Liam

I love Liam a lot.

Anyone who knows me

knows that.

We lived 20 blocks away from each other

for the first year and a half of his life.

Now we live with an ocean between us.

blah.

But we make it work.

We have been facetiming weekly

since I moved to the Dominican Republic,

and it has been SO MUCH FUN.

We make faces,

I sing songs,

he shows me his toys,

I ask him questions.

It's good.

BUT this week things changed.

Ian had to answer the phone quick, 

so Liam was in charge of the iPad.

This is not uncommon 

and normally we would play with toys at this point.

But instead

Liam points the camera at himself and says,

"Where are you?"

I respond, "I'm in the Dominican Republic."

"What are you doing in the Dominican Republic?"

"I am teaching kids at a school."  I answer.

Oh my goodness.

This may not seem huge to you,

but it was the most important conversation 

I had this week!

I was talking with a friend the other day

and we were sharing about the lies we have been believing lately.

"I think deep down I still sometimes believe that 

I am missing out on watching Liam grow up."

I sadly admitted.

As per usual, I stated the truth.

I am NOT missing out on watching him grow.

I have the joy of seeing him daily through 

iMessage, facetime, snail mail, facebook, and Skype.

And I will choose to embrace the great opportunity that is!

The day after Liam and my conversation,

I accidentally facetimed Ian in the morning.

In an awkward and overly excited exchange of "HOLA!!!"

Liam met the Kindergarten Family

that his Auntie Morgan teaches at a school in the Dominican Republic.

I love this kid.

Thank you for letting me gush about him.

Who are the kiddos you love mucho?

I love Liam, Hanalei, Wild, and Xiomelis, among many :)