My cousin and I were never the closest of friends, but we made it work. I say we paralleled eachother in many facets of our lives but..... worlds apart. We found a way to make it work and were friends throughout our lives. Maybe not as close as our parents wanted....distance was part of it..... he lived in Seattle me in Alaska, then he in Colorado me in Seattle, then he in China me in Spain.
We both were larger than our peers from an early age, both only children from parents of means, we both grew up picky eaters with a proclevity towards mischivious deeds (I would say he moreso than I). My mom and his dad were and are best friends and brother and sister.
When I decided to move to Spain I recieved an email out of the blue.. from Scott. It said:
congradulations cuz- the world is huge and wonderful and I'm glad, now that your illustrious swimming career is over, that you are going out to explore other parts of it. I hear Spain in your first destination . Be ready, the country is overun by the most beautiful women and lots of them.
I remember his email vividly. It was the only truly encouraging message I recieved outside of the program. And he was right.......
I wish we had hooked up more cousin. I think older now, we may have been fast friends. You were loved by a great many people, I met many of them this past week. I know Kyla and your parents will push through.
Rest easy now Cuz.
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