whimsical wednesday

it's national cousin day! let's celebrate this occasion for whimsical wednesday. call, text, send a card, write a letter to a cousin/cousins that you would like to connect with. if you are geographically close to a cousin, invite them to meet for coffee or dessert or whatever all of you would enjoy. additionally, share a memory or two about cousins while you were growing up together. 

this morning i have connected with cousins. we enjoyed virtual hugs and smiles.  

my cousin memory #1:
there were five of us from four mothers that were a pack at family gatherings. we were all within a year of each other so we gravitated to one another. the pack consisted of two girls and three boys. if the boys annoyed the girls or wouldn't let us participate in an activity with them, we would start crying and get the boys in trouble. countless times the dads were yelling at the boys to "leave those girls alone"! we two girls had such power! it was awesome!

my cousin memory #2:
the third sister of the other female pack member learned to walk while visiting my family's home in tennessee. she was crawling around and ended up in a bedroom where, it happened, a pair of gloves were on the bed. she went in crawling but came out walking because she was "holding hands" with the gloves. i was where i could see her so when i realized she was walking i shouted, "hey! she's walking!". everyone came running to see the amazing feat. it was awesome!