COUSINS

Recently, I had been to my cousin’s place. It had been years since I met her. After the “HI’s” and “Hello’s”, she started talking to my sister more, than to me! 

Being the youngest in the family, I always felt left out among my cousins. Most of them are settled abroad and are in constant touch with each other and my sister since they are of the same age. I come to know what they are up to by seeing their Facebook status. It feels as if they are the “known strangers”, to me.

Cousins are the most blissful part of a family. They are the ones to be with you no matter what, to support you in issues… Except for only one cousin of mine, others still consider me as a “kid”. When we meet in a family function or marriage, all they say is “Wow! Aren’t you grown…!” 

It has been ages since “just the cousins” have been on a trip or met at someone’s place and caught up. I can’t force the family time on them. Each one is busy getting settled that they are forgetting the ‘quality time’. Cousins are also the people to carry forward the family name, traditions. Creating a group in Facebook can never be the same as meeting and having fun! I asked my father what would be the condition of the next generation cousins. All he did was smile. Keeping themselves busy with their gadgets, they forget about family and cousins.So, just make that call or mail your cousins. It might be weird at first, but it will turn out to be the best time spent. It would be years before my cousins consider me “grown up.”

Take that step, make that call. After all, family comes first!