Its Christmas Eve! We’ve been at Liam’s home for 5 days, and what a roller-coaster week its been. Two of his three brothers have arrived during the last few days, and I have yet to find something unlikable about any of the Neales. The family is genuinely loving, boisterous, and generous. My nervousness from before we got here and my first days here, has evaporated. I can’t remember when I have ever been this happy in my life. Actually, I can. It was never! Jade has latched on to me and I can’t help wondering how my life would have been if I had a little sister. Then I remember the life I had, and decide its lucky nobody else had to go through that. But, in a short span of 5 days, Jade Neale has become my ‘sister’. She looks up to me, asks for advice, confides in me about the guy she is

