A Boy Will Grow in Brooklyn {But His Aunt Will Live in CT}

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, granddaughter, friend, etc. As I’ve grown older, some titles have remained the same {sister, daughter}, but some have changed. I am now someone’s wife, someone’s mother, someone’s daughter-in-law.

There is one title, however, I don’t have, yet have longed for. And that title is AUNT.

My sister became an aunt before I did. She married into a family where her new brother-in-law and his wife already had two children. Then, when my son was born two years ago, she became “Aunt Lala,” just like that, she was an aunt to three, and I was an aunt to none. Despite my jealousy, my sister has been extremely loving and caring with my son, and I look forward to the relationship between them as he gets older.

Much to my excitement, my is pregnant with her first baby and due towards the end of May. She will become a mother to a little boy, and this happy little boy will live in Brooklyn. And I will get to be his aunt! I am taking this job very seriously. I get to be that cool adult and confidant he can admire. I get to spoil him with love and presents. All of the fun stuff!

Plus, as exciting as it is for me to receive a new title in our family, I am equally excited that my son will receive a new title, too — cousin! I imagine these little boys making lots of mischief together in the coming years.

But, since Baby will be living in Brooklyn, I am a little sad that I won’t get to see him as regularly as I’d like and that the little mischief-makers won’t play with each other as often as I’d like.

As for me, I guess I’ll have to wait another twenty days or so to officially earn my new title of  “Aunt Amy.”  I am so excited to spend my summer jaunting off to Brooklyn for visits to the park and trips to walk around the bustling city. I can’t wait for my nephew to appear in this world so I can shower him with love.