Nieces are God’s gifts to their aunts.
Today I realized that as an aunt the greatest gift you can be blessed with is a niece. I have two precious nieces. Dont get me wrong nephews are a gift too, but there’s just something about being an aunt and having a niece.
My youngest niece opened my eyes today as to why she was a gift from God.
A couple years ago my life was full of despair, but God sent joy in my life when I needed it. It was my birthday and I got a picture sent through text of my niece and her twin brother after my sister gave birth to them. At that point in my life the only thing that seem to give me any ounce of joy was all my babies.
My niece is 3 and she is just like me and my daughter. She’s a real pistol. I can make her madder than a wet sitting hen. And she knows how to push my buttons. And that’s most days. Somedays we laugh, hug, and play but those are few and far between.
But today, God revealed to me why he sent her to me.
A couple years ago I lost my husband. My niece had only seen him maybe three times because she was a newborn, we we’re hours away from home, and he was in a hospital.
As a person who lost someone very close to me, I have my good days and my bad. I have days where he crosses my mind and I’m fine. Some days I have days where he crosses my mind and it brings me down.
Today was one of those down days.
As I was doing laundry my phone rings showing my sister’s name. I answer and it was the sweet sassy little voice of my niece. “Toot Toot can I come to your house?” (Toot Toot is what they call me. My oldest niece started it and its been my name😁) I answered her telling her that I didnt care, but the kids weren’t home. She said “that don’t matter.” A few minutes later in walked this blonde hair sassy thing.
We carried on conversation for about ten minutes. Then I heard those words come out..
Do you miss UNCLE D!
That’s what they call my deceased husband. I was immediately stopped in my tracks. Could she sense I was struggling with it today?
For about twenty minutes we talked about Uncle D. She wanted to know more about him. I answered every single one of her whys and hows. And let me tell you there was alot of them! She even told me that Uncle D went and seen her at her nana’s today and brought them a gift. I asked if she seen him, she replied, “no, but I know it was him.” I couldn’t help but smile.
I have a collage of my Bass family photos in a big frame and before she left she said “can you take a picture of me and Uncle D since I don’t have one with him and I look like this?” I snapped away!
She lifted my spirits.
She went home and I went to get my kids. As I drove all I could hear was “she’s your gift.” Even with birth, God has always sent her at the right time!
When I can’t share things with my own daughter because of the emotional impact it will have, I know God will always send my niece to put a smile on my face and to just listen!
She is my gift❤
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