Growing up with cousins allows our kids to make precious memories with others who know the family dynamic and can relate to the dysfunction.
My daughter asks me for the same thing every year for her birthday and Christmas — a sister. Actually, when I think about it, she asks for a sister for any holiday that comes up where she gets gifts.I have told her a few times I can’t manage that one. My days of having children are over, and besides, who knows if she might get stuck with a third brother.
She has six of them who live within a 10-mile radius, another one about a half-hour away, and two more who live across the country but come and stay every year for a few weeks. We make sure they pack in lots of quality time together during their short stay, and it makes them all so happy. Being with cousins wasn’t something I experienced as a child. I had my siblings, but we didn’t interact with our extended family enough for me to share a close bond with any cousins. So now that I am an adult, I still don’t really know my cousins very well, but I really wish I did. I would love to share the bond I see between my kids and their cousins. A bond that is precious to them, but it is also precious to my sisters and me.
My kids are truly best friends with their cousins, but their connection is deeper than the friendship they share with their peers. They share their family history, but they also share mannerisms and cute quirks, and look so much alike. I can see so many of the same traits in my kids and my sisters’ kids, it blows me away some days. I love it.
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