I've been in Fairfax, Virginia since last week, spending time with one of my cousins as she recovers from major surgery. She is recuperating in another cousin's home, and her sister arrives tonight, so the four people in that photo above will be together. That's me on the floor in front, with my three cousins. The interesting thing is, the one sitting on the chair at the center, and the other two are not related by blood. The one on the chair is my cousin on my mom's side, and the other two (who are sisters) are my cousins on my dad's side. Yet we all grew up so much together we are as close as four sisters. We joke that we shall have to recreate the photo above, which was taken in my little railroad apartment in New York City before I was married, when we were all in our early twenties, and when I was still in braces, which I wore from age 23 to 25, and removed mere months before I met my husband to be. That photo is more than thirty years old now, but the feeling it captures is much the same. I am abundantly rich in cousins. May our children find that they are rich in this way, too.
The closeness of your family stuns and delights me. I hope your cousin is recovering well. How wonderful to have such a group of women to come together when help is needed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful picture to have! I was thinking as I read how delightful it would be to re-create this.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to your cousin. I have several cousins who are like siblings to me, which I especially treasure since I had only one actual sibling, and he and I are so different that we joke we aren't really related :)
Please recreate that picture! That would be very awesome. :-)
ReplyDeleteCannot wait to see the redo! Nothing better than sisters of the spirit. Enjoy your visit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo! I hope you can recreate it!
ReplyDeleteI love your snippets of memory tied to photographs. They are both always so interesting and compelling. I sure hope your cousin continues to recover quickly.
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