As many of you know, I spent most of my childhood pretty far away from any extended family, and any time we got together, it was big deal! To give you an idea, my cousins on my Mom's side, I remember meeting them twice in my life! However, my cousins on my Mom's side are some of the most open and friendly people that I have ever met, which makes it easy to love them ;)
One thing that I was really excited about from the very beginning and throughout our move was being closer to family, we're still not SUPER close(about an hour and a half to my Grandma's, and four hours to my Aunt's), but it is still a good deal closer, at least we're in the same state! Today we had our first outing with extended family since we've been here, and I so loved it! I loved seeing my Grandma's house, and seeing where my Mom grew up, but most of all, I just loved spending time with my Grandma! Anytime I see her, I am always so excited, but today was different, because I got to see HER home, and usually it's her visiting us. The more time I spend with my family, the more similarities I see between all of us, for instance, today at the store Aedon(who's 7) was being a brat and I turned to him and said, "Aedon...stop acting like you're two!", and my Grandma turned to me and said, "...wait...Aedon's NOT two years old?!" that sounded EXACTLY like something I would say :)
Because of the fact that I did grow up very far away from family, I love it anytime we're all together, and it makes me so happy to know that we'll be able to see a LOT more of each other now that we're closer. I'm so excited to see my second cousins grow up, and I am so excited to be their "cool older cousin" when they need me! Long story short, my extended family means a lot to me, and I am so happy that we are a lot to closer now!
Rose
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