My Niece

Sitting here talking to my niece and man she has a lot on her mind. It is up to me to be that person to allow her to sit and talk it out. She is young and has a lot on her mind. It is amazing when your hear someone express some of their personal issues. This was a great night to sit with my niece. She is grown now and has dealt with a lot of issues in her life. Some which I cannot say due to them are for family only.  As we all know some things are better left unsaid.  Some of the things coming out of her mouth I was like really, this cannot be my niece. She has grown up so much.  

I have missed a lot of her growing up years due to them living in another state. I also left to go to college. I have not spent quality time with my niece for a very long time. While I was trying to complete this blog we spent some quality time together. I can tell when my niece needs to talk or vent. Tonight was one of those nights. We have had family coming to my house a lot since they came back and we was in the kitchen talking with my auntie. She started during that conversation, but it came time for my auntie to leave. I went ahead to step up to the plate to be the uncle she needs. She needs someone to listen to her so she can get a lot of things off her chest. I do not treat her as my little niece, even though she is very small, she is grown. She has so much on her mind it is unreal. We talked for a long time and watched Tru TV channel. The shows we watched together were funny. It was good to see her laugh. She is such a strong person. She has endured a lot in her life and for her to still be so strong is a blessing within itself. I tell her all the time how proud I am of her. I just hope she really know I mean it. 

We talked about a lot of things. She told me she has a potty mouth. I know just too funny right. If you knew my niece you would not think she would ever say a bad word. She was telling me about some of her teenage confrontations in school. All I could do was smile and laugh. In my mind I just could not picture my little sweet innocent niece getting into it with anyone. She is so soft spoken and to hear her say she used bad words was just unbelievable. But she said she did so she did it, right? I only wish I could have been the fly on the wall so I could see and hear some of the things she would do and say. I truly believe she would have been hilarious. we have a saying for each other and it goes like: Who loves his niece she replies my uncle......lol.  Still at the end of the day, she is my niece and I care for here and would be there for her as well. 

P.S.

Pics of my dog Bambam

see how small he used to be.......lol