Me! That's right.
Some of you may know Barnaby from the great photos that his mothers post up on Facebook. I became acquainted with Vikki and Rebecca through a Facebook group. The purpose of the group was to take a photo a day for an entire year. I found myself always looking forward to that post. Then I found out that they were friends of my nephew, Jared. Yes, it's a small world. Anyway, anyone who has seen photos of Barnaby has fallen in love with this child. His charm comes clearly through. When we found ourselves on the verge of traveling to the UK, I contacted my nephew to see if Vikki and Rebecca would be kind enough to meet with us.
It's an oddity of social media that although the request seems strange, it didn't seem totally out of the question. And since we had a mutual contact, it seemed safe enough LOL. Most reports of people getting together from meeting via Twitter or FB seems to have gone well. Why not? Isn't social media nothing more than fancy pen pals?
We were actually fortunate enough to meet with Vikki and Becky twice. First when walking around in Southend, we ran into the family. Then again at my nephew's house. I hope we didn't come off too badly as jet lagged Americans.
Vikki and Becky are wonderful people. So very kind to let us get to know them. And Barnaby is a wonderful child. I have a rule about children that I've learned the hard way. Go slow LOL. I've managed to send kids screaming away from me if I am not careful (looks meaningfully at a certain neice who would shriek every time she saw me for YEARS!). Usually, I will try to let the child come to me in time. This is a long process and unfortunately would not work well given our time constraint. I would've loved to have spent more time getting to know Barnaby. A great kid. Maybe one day.
As you can see in the photo below, he is handsome and personable.
Thanks again to Jared and Sarah and Emily for allowing us to meet in their home. And thanks to Vikki and Becky and Barnaby!
Ah lovely post and photo Leslie. They are great friends and I'm glad that you were able to spend some time together :-)
Posted by: Slmc17 | 2012.10.27 at 00:23