The Darkness of Doom!
We haven’t yet figured out what inspired this phrase for our boys, but it’s their new favorite thing to shout when they see a dark place. “Oh no! It’s the Darkness of Doom!” In this case, it was the tunnel at the end of the Oregon Zoo train ride.
We went there with my parents and the Waldrons a few days ago, and the boys all had a blast. The cousins are always so excited to see each other that they blitz through the day in a non-stop hyperactive frenzy until the moment they pass out. They are a writhing mass of shouting, laughing, fighting, crying, and making up again. A river of chaos flooding over everything in their path. And that’s just the oldest four. What will it be like once Cody and Cambren are old enough to leap into the fray? The mind staggers at the thought of so much raw testosterone in a single place.
Whatever it will be like, I’m glad to see them storing up great memories and laying the foundations of lifelong relationships. I have no doubt that they’ll all go on together, plunging into one adventure after the other… into the Darkness of Doom itself, and beyond.
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2. Clint wrote:
That’s so true, Isa. It really is easier to form close relationships when you’re really young. I don’t know why it is, but it just… is. Maybe it has something to do with innocence and simplicity?
3. JohnnyB wrote:
I have created these relationships with cousins. Even though it wasn’t so great way back when. I was the youngest and the smallest therefore picked on by my cousins. Now, I’m a bit bigger and stronger than any of them so… magically, we get a long really well.
4. Clint wrote:
Yeah, I’m hoping that Cambren, being the youngest of the six cousins so far, won’t get picked on like that. At this point it’s looking like he might follow in your footsteps and gain an eventual size advantage, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed. :o)
1. Lisa Weber wrote:
Lint, that’s absolutely fantastic. I didn’t spend ANY time with extended family when I was younger, so I do not have those bonds at all. It’s harder to create them when you’re older.
It makes my heart warm to read stuff like this.
For real.