Yascha

Some people come in to my life and leave their mark. Fill a gap. Fill my heart in places that weren't really empty. Make me love them like a brother or a son and a lifelong friend, heart friend, all rolled in to one.
This is Yascha.
I thought I loved him like a brother until I had kids and now I know my love for him is more that of caring and interest in his life and future. He is one of those people who is knitted in to my life and my heart in so many ways. I met him when I was still single and just about to meet Chad and he showed me a side of life and adventure that prepared me to be the wife I wanted to be and no idea at the time but set me up to LOVE adventure and change. He is oh so much younger than me so never any thought back then of romance, which makes today, married with three kids, so easy...He just is. He's just Yascha.
He doesn't live in this part of my world anymore but came over for a visit and there was so much to say and yet nothing it was so comfortable. He has grown and change but the core and essence of who he is is still the same.
THis was the first time for him to meet my Littles and they took to him like he was THEIR old and dear friend. I could have laid myself on the floor and cried big crocodile tears of joy.
See, I have gaps. I have no father, no brother, no grandfather. I am lucky to be married to Pompey who cares for my heart, shepherds and shelters me, and leaves no gaps unfilled. But to see my children so at ease with someone so dear makes me miss my brother especially and at the same time so extremely thankful that God would bless us with such a precious soul to be so many things to all these parts and extensions of me.
It was a truly magical day we spent this weekend and I didn't want it to end...
I hope everyone has a Yascha in their life. Someone who comes along unexpectedly when life is just...happening...and brings a serendipity to the cycle of living that keeps on coming around over and over again...He is a joy and is talented beyond my wildest imaginations. Just a magical little being...and he has that quality of endearing himself to people that i have always prayed my children would have. A way of purely capturing the heart and spirit of a person in friendship.
It is a joy to behold and an even greater joy to be a part of in this life...
I have more than I deserve.