Only at face-to-face family reunions can one actually see visual changes. The three-year pandemic reduced our yearly gathering to tiny, grainy photos on a computer screen.
Suddenly, voila! We meet again and moi, now a certified super senior, was beyond shock to see little ones turn into hefty hunks or demure damsels, and bubbly babies into talented tykes.
“Who are you?” I asked at every turn.
One of my nieces, then a little girl in one reunion, cuddled a baby cousin. At our latest family/clan reunion (from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024), they re-enacted this heartwarming scene.
Their sizes may have changed, but ain’t no cousin tall enough, or short enough, or thin enough, or fat enough, can change the grace of affection and affinity that remains forever.
“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19 ESV)
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