A Little bit of Hope

We have a visitor! Uncle Jonny and his girlfriend Jess flew up from Adelaide yesterday! The girls have been on cloud 9 since they heard the news, its so nice to see them interacting with family members they dont see very often, how they suddenly have a million new tricks to show off with, and Taylah so very proudly gets all her school stuff and awards and shows them off to her Uncle, and his new 'girlfriend' giggle giggle (from Tays direction) ;).

Its been nice for Dan and I too, to see him again and see that he is growing into such a young man, for someone who has quite a few dark clouds following him, done some things which might be hard to be forgiven by some, I think he has come along way, and he has done it all on his own. None of us could take the credit for the goodness in his heart. Talking to his girlfriend, Jess, broke my heart though. She is such a lovely girl, who is honestly looking out for his best interest, and it has come at a cost to herself, and yet, she is still willing to give so much more. I must say though, I am proud of the way he treats her. For someone who must feel so mistreated, he certainly shows her respect and appreciation. I do hope they are meant for each other, being so young I worry this is just lust ... I would love to be wrong, because they really are very cute together, and seem quite happy in each others presence. Something only time will tell I guess! For right now though, she is just what he needs ... She is keeping his feet on the ground, and pointing him in the right direction, and he seems comfortable with the way she does it, a change from the way we have all tried, love does amazing things I guess <3 I hope <3

I know he has made a lot of bad decisions and mistakes he will never be able to take back. He has hurt people he loves, and love him back. I hope that one day we will all be able to look beyond these things and remember where we were at his age ... What we were doing then, and who was there to continuously pick us up when we fell onto the wrong track, each time she was the one that picked us up, kicked us up the butt, and put us back on the right path ... More than once or twice, it was a constant thing she did on a regular basis, and was able to find it in her heart to forgive, each and every time, no matter how little or big it was ... When we remember who that person was for us, we will be able to see that she was absent from Jonnys crucial time of life lessons ... And others aswell ...
I just hope I wont be the only one that can see that he really is a good person, with mistakes up his sleeves, who still has many more mistakes to make, who needs to be shown love, and given love in return, who more than anything needs that forgivness that we were all given ... Even if it takes time ... I just hope <3