With the start date of his mission fast approaching, Nathan has been prioritizing family time. I had my every other week lunch with my parents today and Nathan joined me. My sister Rachael joins us for these lunches and since her youngest, Sam, is not in full time school yet, he gets to come too. Sam was only 1-year-old when Covid shut everything down which meant that by the time we were able to gather again, he didn’t remember any of us. Over the past months as we’ve been able to gather as a family more regularly, he has begun to warm up again and is at the point now where he will even talk to us, not just stare and grin (which always reminds me of Jacob, his oldest brother at this age). While Rachael and I chatted with my parents, Nathan and Sam got down on the floor with paper and markers. It was fun to see one of the tallest cousins hunker down to the height of the smallest cousin. Sam will probably have forgotten Nathan again by the time Nathan comes home in two years, but for now they were able to spend some quality time together.
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