Wednesday, January 8th: Cousins

Today I am grateful for my cousins. I am so fortunate to have grown up with many cousins on each side of my family. My summers were filled with playing in backyards with whoever we were visiting, marathon monopoly games, haircuts gone wrong from older cousins, that later grew into much better hair-cutting experiences as an adult (thank goodness), treasure hunts, hide and seek, etc, etc. If you have cousins you aren't lonely as a child. Cousins understand your particular family dynamic and can reminisce with you  about the "good old days." This week I was happily surprised by a visit from my cousin Serena. She had to come out to the west coast for work and we were able to meet up for dinner. We had such a lovely, relaxing catch-up visit and a yummy dinner. Thank you for being my cousin, Serena and for coming to see me!

I cheated on this picture and used the one we took on her last visit out here in February.