My special bond

This lad here was 7 when I came back to the UK in 2015 for a visit. We had never met but his mum and dad (my cousin and his wife) had told him all about me (although hadn’t met my cousin’s wife at the time either!)

We bonded straight away! Not sure why to be fair but as someone ‘new’ I was able to listen to his constant chatter and he saw me as a kindred spirit.

Since my permanent return in 2016 the relationship has continued to blossom and our bond is probably even stronger. I am certainly still the only one who doesn’t tell him to shut up when he gets going on one of his monologues:-)

He is no longer my little boy :-) as you can see!! But I love him just as dearly as I did the first day I met him