snow cozy.

great-aunts and great-uncles are like...

a home-cooked meal of familiar ingredients, only with different spice...

like the whole family copied a beloved recipe way back...

and then memorized the dish a bit differently in the many makings...

so that a baby could stare into the face of a great uncle with both the adoration she gives her grandpa and the curiosity she gives a stranger.

or a little one could wrap up in a hug from a great-aunt and feel the familiar squeeze of their grandma with a surprising scent like lavender.

oh, the joy of human love. thank you, thank you, thank you.