I Like Us.

We may be quirky and silly and just a bit awkward, but I like us.

I like the way we can't get through a game without yelling and the way we always spill a cup of tea on the cards.

I like the way we quote favorite movies and requote and requote until we couldn't possibly laugh any more.

I like the way we're all so stinking different and yet we look just enough alike.

I like the way David has become family - so suddenly, so naturally, so perfectly.

I like the way we have our traditions of non-traditions, and enjoy the moments of silly non-conventional Christmas cheer.

I like the way every Christmas we say we should go caroling and the way we never do.

I like Samuel's silly hair and the way my mom rags constantly on him about it.

I like the sound of Daddy's voice as he reads the same Christmas stories every year and the way we all fall asleep in the living room.

I like that nicknames in this gang are the first letter of your name.

I like the way we're all still sitting in the living room, rehashing the same old stories, retelling the same inside jokes, and yes…quoting the same fully movies.

I like our drama and our sass.

Flaws and all. Uglies and all. Oddness and all.

I like us.

Lots.