This month my cousin Sue and then my cousin Deb came to Kansas. It was so awesome to see them! Sue and Deb and their siblings grew up in Seattle so we only saw them about every five years or so. I was closest in age to Carol and remember a trip she made when I was 14 or so and we spent a lot of time together. Sue was closest to my brother Dave growing up. One summer, Sue and Deb went on a two week cross country camping trip,with us so I have lots of memories with them in our station wagon and at camp grounds. Then in high school, Deb lived with us for a whole year! Sue has made the trip back to see us several times now. But this was the first time Ives even Deb in over 25 years!
It is amazing how family is family no matter how long it's been since you've seen them. Deb and I stared at each other and declared we looked the same! Deb and mom came to Manhattan with Dave and Lisa and they spent the night at the house so we had hours to catch up. It was so fun! We talked and talked and laughed and even shed some tears. We ate and drank and shopped and talked some more.
Now I can't wait to go to Seattle! And we are going to do a round robin snail mail pen pal thing with my mom.
