OK...Last post of Day 8

We had our movie and cookies with vanilla ice cream.  It was a pretty good time.  Then, my son asked if he could skype his cousin.  It was getting near bedtime, but I called my sister and her son was still up, so my son ran up to his room, turned on his computer, and we connected to skype.
The boys are so sweet, and SO excited to see each other.  They are used to seeing each other mostly every day, even during the week on school days.  Honestly, they have been reised more like brothers than cousins.  Their bond is incredibly strong.  They play hard, they fight hard...they are best friends.
The move has been very hard on both of them; they are both experiencing the same emotions.  They miss each other terribly, and it, at times, can be excruciating.
Anyway, the boys aked if they could have "boy time," and we would go out of the room.  My sister and I agreed.  I wondered what they were up to.
I was standing in the hallway, right outside my sons door listening.  They discussed what they wanted to play.  They decided on "restaurant."  They each went and got their bins of fake food.  They were literally playing, via skype, the exact same way they play it when they're together!  It was a beautiful thing.  I heard my son say, "Isn't this fun?"  He said it so full of enthusiasm.  My nephew replied, "YES!"
That was it...I was in tears.  I stood in the hallway, as these precious boys "played" for almost an hour.  They were laughing and talking and playing.  I kept crying...the tears just kept coming.
I can't even explain my emotions.  I was crying, first, because I love to hear these boys laugh together again.  It is music to my ears.  Second, I was crying because they have to "play" together on the computer instead of in person.  Usually, they see each other and they run off and play and we hardly see them again.  Tonight, they sat in their computer chairs, looking at each other through the screen...it broke my heart.  Even so, I was so thankful for things like Skype.  They can actually see each other, play some games, and talk and laugh together.  It is so much more personal than a simple phone call.  I also feel blessed because they will both sit and skype, for that long, and they enjoy it.  Some kids would not be at all interested in this type of communication.  They woud become bored with it and not enjoy this sort of "play" time.  My sister and I were blessed with little boys who love each other so much that they really don't care how they get to "play."  Whether it's in person, on the phone, or through a computer screen...it doesn't matter.  Their love reaches beyond all boundaries.