I feel like they more than just love eachother. They get eachother. Thatcher's not talking yet but Tessa knows exactly what he means, she's his voice often. And yes, she sometimes resents it, they head butt and pinch and have screaming matches but mostly they're just buddies. They make eachother laugh. They whisper to eachother in the car, play hide and go seek, tonight they put a whole puzzle together. Tonight I watched Brother Bear with them, a mostly ridiculous Disney movie I picked up at a tag sale over the summer and had to fast forward through one third of. But it was based upon Native American spirituality and it got us into some deep, heady bedtime conversations. The nature of spirit, our calling in life, etc. I came to realize the how true their middle names seem to ring for the two of them. Tessa Cairn, her natural ability to guide, her wiseness and how clear she sees things, how defnitive her path can be at any given moment. Thatcher Espen, Divine Bear, a growling spirit, so present and literally growling! He seems to take up more space than his physical body allows. He charges headfirst into everything. They're both so whatever they are it doesn't matter. They're them, names or not.
