Signs of balance (more family stuff)

Later in the day I may call my mother to find out how everybody is doing, but yesterday I got some great news from another part of my family - I will be even more of an aunt! My younger sister and her husband were approached by child services, asking if they might consider taking on a second foster child. And after meeting the child in question and getting all the paperwork done, a boy of slightly more than one year will come and live with them in January. I am so happy for them!

(As far as I know, they plan on having their "biologically own" children as well, but early in their marriage they figured there were already so many children in the world without proper families, and since - due to the "marital age gap" of 16 years - they are not eligible for adoption (and I ask you, just how stupid is that? They are perfect - happily married, both with good education and steady jobs, my sister is a kindergarten teacher with additional university education, and because her husband is somewhat older than her... - yeah, I know, these are the rules in Germany, but still... something being the rule does not necessarily mean it's good...), they took on a lovely girl two years ago, and are now expanding their family.)

This brings my "body count" as an aunt to 6, plus one great nephew. Woohoo! The more the merrier. ^^