When we first started attending Wappingers we came to know a couple who our whole family referred to as Aunt Judy and Uncle Frank. They were not our personal aunt and uncle, but were the aunt and uncle of people who attended the church. However, their family names of Aunt and Uncle stuck with them and they seemed okay with being the entire church's Aunt and Uncle.
Even after they left that congregation, we still referred to them as Aunt Judy and Uncle Frank whenever we saw them, whether it was in another church or out and about somewhere.
Fast forward to yesterday when I went to get Anastasia from Fellowship Hall. Earlier she had been sort of playing Marco Polo to find a friend of hers somewhere in the church building. So I used the same phrase to call out to her when I walked into Fellowship Hall. And she said to me "Aunt Jenn!" and her friend said, "How does Aunt Jenn know Marco Polo?" Upon overhearing this, I was told that I'm becoming everyone's Aunt Jenn.
I never thought I would become the Aunt Jenn of a church. But here I am, maybe becoming the Aunt Jenn of a church. Or at least Aunt Jenn to all the kids. Which is okay with me.
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| The Sky 11/6/2022 |
