Dedicated to the best brother in the world...

I have THE MOST AMAZING BROTHER IN THE WORLD!!!!! (and he isn't paying me to say this....well not yet any way). My amazing brother Mark helped me salvage years worth of pictures that I had on an old iPod (the first generation iPod touch...you remember those? the ones without the external speakers or camera). I had hundreds of pictures on the device that I loaded from other devices, and for years I thought I would not be able to retrieve them. But Mark aka "the amazing IT genius" found a software program that brought them back from the iCloud graveyard (and from the iPod). He definitely gets the favorite brother award! (he's my only brother so it's safe for me to say that "out loud")

There are so many pictures to go through but I wanted to post some of my "flashback favorites"

Kai (one of my all time favorite pictures of her)....

Kai and I at her Literary Awards Ceremony (1st grade)...

Kai taking her first "selfie"

My sisters and I...

Kai on the first day of first grade...

"Awesome Aunty Sanya" and Kaiyu at Sanya's wedding reception...

My cousin Morgan (gone but not forgotten) and my Aunty Jean...

Kai's first "publication" titled: Birthday Surprise dedicated to her dad (Damian was smiling from ear to ear the entire night)...

I see this "pouty face" more now that she is a teenager, but this is where it all began...

Build-A-Bear Birthday present (age 7)...

Carb loading Champion...

The Best Brother in the World Mark...and baby Jahanna (our niece)

These pictures bring back so many great memories...and make me homesick. With my twin sister, baby sister, mom and dad back home in Jamaica, it's easy to get lost in my "homesickness". But having my brother less than six miles away (I've run the distance to his house before) makes being away from home less unbearable. 

(This message will self destruct the next time he teases me or otherwise drives me crazy...)