Jack

Part of the definition of friendship is giving – giving of love, of time, of support. And sometimes it’s giving other things – like hand-me-down clothes or baby gear. And sometimes you want to return the favor but your friends insist – no, demand – that you don’t.

My friend Windy is one of those friends. But last weekend – between our boys pulling every toy out of the playroom, running screaming through the house and racing cars down the slide in the backyard – I figured out a way to pay her back and snapped a few photos of her son, Jack.

Yes, I’m supposed to be on sabbatical. Yes, I’m supposed to be resting. Yes, I’m hugely pregnant. And, yes, it was incredibly awesome to forget about all of that and memorialize a few moments in the life of a dear friend’s son.

Payback feels good.