A day with my family.

After about a half hour of watching family guy clips and crying sporadically.

I wish I had pictures but me and my mother don't have enough money for a camera so I'll just have to paint a picture with words. My brother came over today with his wife Yvonne and my niece and nephew. My nephew is about a month old but my niece is two years old. There both gorgeous kids and I'm not just saying that cuz there related to me but because they are really pretty babies. But thats beside the point, my brother had left both of them with me and my mother. My mother couldn't take her hands off of the newborn probably because he isn't old enough to reject her lol which left me to hang with Imani. She couldn't take her hand off the ball my mother had bought her for the longest, until she realized her parents were gone. She walked to the door and began to make a very strange noise and than began to cry. I called her over but no response, she still was crying by the door. So i went near her and picked her up as she put her head on my shoulder and the crying increased. I brought her over to the couch where my mom was sitting with Malik Jr. and I placed Imani on my lap. I was frantically searching for a Dora the explorer clip on youtube but kept on finding fake shit, such as dora getting pranked by Alec baldwin. As I went to Nick Jr. dot com, we started watching two minute clips of Dora. She showed instant interest in them and the crying slowly died away. As the clips became less engaging by each passing one, the crying came back. She got off my lap and wandered over into my room. I followed her and saw her sitting on the floor by the bed playing with an old softball i got years back. Meanwhile my mother is on the couch reminding me to stop telling her to stop crying, that she can't help it. But what she doesn't understand is that I totally understand why Imani is crying. I mean its obvious, she misses her parents and has no idea where they are. But I can remember specific moments in my life where I was in the same position she is. My mom leaving me with people i barely know, and me crying my eyes out just cuz. Now I would never yell at Imani, never in my life but I kept on reminding her that I'm always going to be here. And not surprising to me, when I spoke softly to her she responded by not crying. Kids just need comfort, a comforting feeling no matter who you are. So basically, I took her back to the couch and we began to watch some family guy episodes thanks to Hulu.com. This is when the crying stopped for good. She watched about 30 clips as i laughed hysterically at a few, and she looked back at me as if I was crazy. She finally fell asleep next to me with her head in between my armpit. My mom said something like 'that girls neck is gonna be bruk' meaning the position she was in, was not good for her neck. So i decided to take her to my bed, nervously trying not to wake her as i put her back in my arms. This is where the picture was taken, as i write this blog waiting for her parents to come back home from the apple store. The time I spent with her tonight will always be remembered.