White Reflections

It’s seldom that I have the opportunity to meet up with my various cousins from around the world. As of today, I have 3 close cousins. My cousin from Boston, whom I have known the longest, has been like a best friend and big brother. He was probably the single person I respected the most. Every time I was around him, I always felt happy. He made life fun and interesting, and always treated me like a younger sister.

He’s graduating from university this year. I, sadly, won’t be able to attend his graduation because it’s in the middle of AP’s, SAT’s, and STAR testing.

I feel like my year is ruining me.

Within this last week, I’ve also come to greatly admire and respect my cousin from Australia. I found out today that he’s actually quite the distant cousin. He’s the grandchild of my grandma’s cousin. What nth cousin does that make him? As I’ve mentioned before, he’s incredible at piano, and I’ve never heard anyone of his age compare to such genius. He has such an innate talent, but rather than continuing education in music, he’s changing schools to focus more on real world finance. It’s sad to see him consider piano of secondary interest, because I seriously believe he is just that great at it. That also means it’ll be less likely for him to come to the States again, because he came last year, and was originally going to come this year, for major piano competitions.

He’s going to Las Vegas tomorrow. Tonight was basically the last night I’d see him in real life, probably for many years to come. I regret agreeing to perform at my teacher’s piano recital and going to Atlanta, because I’m missing the opportunity I’ve wanted so much to go to Disneyland. At this point, I think that going to Disneyland with my cousin will be more meaningful than going with all of my robotics friends, and you all know how crazy I’ve been about wanting to go with them. In many regards, I’ve felt that I’ve lost touch with my robotics friends since San Diego. Maybe the fact that the person I liked only looked at me as only a relatively close friend hurt too much. However, family’s always family and they’re irreplaceable. Sure people have arguments, but no matter what, family will always be a part of our lives.

My cousin and his parents decided spontaneously (I had encouraged him to go to Disneyland instead of Universal Studios) to go to Disneyland the Saturday of their flight back to Australia, which meant beating holiday traffic. Simply put, it’ll be difficult for them to enjoy their time because of Easter weekend, but I wish I could’ve tagged along anyway. I love going to Disneyland with people I admire and care about. It’s just such a fantastic place to be able to share memories.

I’ll miss him and the memories I have of our two dinners. They were fun; quiet but fun and cute. xD I wish I could recollect more from 6 years passed.

One day, my cousin from Boston, my Australian cousin, and I are all going to go to Disneyland together. That’s my goal within the next 5 years. ^^

They’re special people.