Flavor #29 "Cotton Candy"

"Uncle"  Not a word given much thought in California.  Just another "dude", so to speak.  But oh, that word meant the world to you once Madison was born!  Maybe it was the helplessness, the tender vulnerability of anything so small and defenseless.  Maybe it was that you became the defenseless one when she smiled.  Or that you became  the King of the World when you made her laugh or stop crying or drift off to sleep.

Something changed.  And you liked it.  Ever since, each new niece or nephew has stolen your attention and your heart.  As they grew, you became their carnival.  Throwing a toddler into the air and catching them, twirling one above your head or around a room.  Their giggles and screams made you indefatigable.  The circus come to town. 

You brought something new to the "Uncle" word, something new to that experience, something you had never had.  Gave yourself.   And you loved doing it.  Maybe that's the whole secret....