Last month when I was packing some personal things from my old office/job, to my delight I found in a desk drawer this very sweet and touching poem Ian had written for me when he was about 10 years old. Now that he’s 20, Ian may be very embarrassed to see it, but I will treasure it always and am so excited that I found it.
I tend to be a bit of a hoarder as far as all four of my nieces and nephews are concerned. I keep informal scrapbooks/envelopes of things from our trips, lots of pictures, programs from their piano, dance and music recitals, and so much more. They all have written me letters, notes, jokes, secrets and more. But this was my only poem. Reading it makes me very happy.
If ever there was an aunt,
who is as great as you.
I could never imagine,
all the things she’d do.
She’d take me to Florida,
California and New York.
And at the cinema movies,
she’d see Frodo & an Orc.
So I really guess
that what I’m trying to say,
is that you’re the best aunt ever
of the future, past or today.
-Ian
XOXOXO
♥
Here's the actual poem - Ian wrote it on some stationary he found in my desk drawer.
The Do's & Don'ts of Aunting 
That one made me cry! He’s still a sweet boy!
I know, when I found it tucked away in my desk drawer at NK, it made me cry, and made me very happy on an otherwise sad day. prioritized what’s important in life for me that day. Agree, he’s still our sweetie!!!