But What Has He Ever Done For Me? April 23, 2008

My sister’s son is 13 and he’s at that awkward stage in life.  He is taller than me and his voice sounds like a man, but he’s still all gangly.  He spends hours playing his electric guitar (and he can really rock) and he skateboards.  Basically he’s your typical sullen teenager.  But when it comes to Squeaks, he’s a completely different person.  He’s always trying to hug her and play with her.  He adores her and vice versa.

Tonight we went to dinner with my sister’s family at Cracker Barrel.  We browsed the gift shop while we waited for our table and my nephew took Squeaks over to watch one of those toys that looks like a weasel playing with a ball, the annoying ones that roll all over the place.  Squeaks loved it.  She was cracking up and trying to touch it and my nephew was right in the middle of it.  After we ate dinner he took her back over to it.  And as we were leaving, Squeaks came running over to me with a big brown sack.  My nephew had used his own money to buy one of the weasel toys for her!  This from the kid who socks money away to buy guitar stuff or PlayStation games or skateboard stuff.  The kid who always wants money in return for helping out.  He’s always making some sort of deal and he never shares money.  So I was totally blown away that this teenage boy would do something so nice for his cousin.  I almost cried right there in Cracker Barrel.

But now I have this damn weasel toy in my house…