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“We talked about this. It’s a good thing. The girls will get a chance to be around their cousins. You will be around all your siblings. I need you to go into this with a positive mindset. If you think positive, positive things will happen.”
“For you,” I leaned in and kissed her again, “I will try.”
“That’s all I’m asking,” she smiled.
I handed her a turquoise family reunion t-shirt.
“Owens-Winthrop reunion,” she said while reading the shirt. “This is for me?”
“Yes, we all have one. You should too.”
“Wow, thank you, babe. I’ve never had my own family reunion t-shirt before, but I’ve always wanted one.”
She quickly discarded the t-shirt she wore and replaced it with the family reunion t-shirt.
“How do I look?” she asked while modeling.
“Good enough to eat,” I answered.
I pulled her into a hug and kissed her neck.
“Moe!” she whisper-yelled then looked over my shoulder. “The girls will hear you.”
“What?” I shrugged, “I answered your question, truthfully.”
I kissed her again before the girls walked into the living room.
“Y’all look cute in your t-shirts,” Cam said.
“Thank you,” Skye said.
“Mine is too big, can I put a knot on the side?” Fee asked.
“As long as your stomach is not out. No bare midriffs,” I responded.
“Daddy, girls wear their stomachs out all the time,” Fee debated.
“No girls that live in this house will wear their stomachs out, period.”
“We can make it cute without your stomach being out,” Cam said. “We can use a ponytail holder to fix it. I will put a knot in the back.”
After Cam fixed Fee’s shirt, Skye wanted a knot as well.
“Ms. Cam, you should put a knot in yours like me and Skye,” Fee said.
“Okay, I will,” Cam said and worked on her own knot.
Watching her and the girls interact made me smile. I snapped a quick picture of them comparing their shirts in the mirror.
We loaded into my truck and headed to the park where the family reunion was being held. I pulled into a parking space and saw a ton of turquoise t-shirts milling around in the large pavilion. The weather had really warmed up, creating a beautiful day to spend in the park.
Cam must have seen my hesitation because she laced her fingers in mine and brought my hand to her lips. She waited for me to look at her; then, she winked. I returned the kiss to her hand and turned off the truck. Cam helped the girls out of the truck while I gathered the cooler and folding chairs from the back of the truck. I popped open Cam’s wagon and loaded all the equipment into it. Cam held the girls' hands while I pulled the wagon down to the pavilion.
Sarah was busy taking aluminum foil off of pans while Leroy, my older brother, was standing between two large kettle grills barbecuing the meat.
“Moe!” my second oldest sister, Dinah, said as we approached. “Look at these two beauties! They are getting so big!”
“Hi, Aunt Dinah,” both girls said.
