Friday, March 23, 2012

Cousin Love: Cousins make the world go round!


Christiana will always have someone to play with as she grows up.  Growing up I had my brother and sister to grow up with, I didn't have many cousins or extended family "cousins"to grow up with (at least that were around my age).  Family is very important to me and with all the craziness going on right now in the world it's crucial that to grows up with her cousins (both blood & extended AND we know the families)

I grew up in a very small family; my immediate family consisted of my momma, brother, and sister (my parents got divorced while I was in elementary school).  Then there's my auntie, my cousin Juree (she's about 10 years younger than me), uncle Robert (who wasn't around growing up) and my 2 cousins Tony (who is about 3 years older than me) & Michael (who is around 6 years younger).  We didn't see much of each other, especially as we were teenagers.  My auntie lived in Long Beach and my uncle was missing in action so we really didn't have much contact after they moved out of our grandparents house.  As for extended family members, all of my momma's friends didn't have children until later so again it was just us - me, ray, & joy.

Let me fast forward to adulthood...our small family is slowly growing.  My brother has 2 kids (Giovann & Sarai) and my cousin Juree has 2 boys (Jaylen & Jordan).  I wouldn't trade my family for the world, my momma would tell us (me, my brother, & sister) on numerous occasions that we are all we have (and we still look out for one another). 

Christiana has lots of cousins that are around her age.  Like I said in the beginning of the post, she will always have someone to play with.  This is a list of her cousins that she see's on a regular basis.
These are her 1st cousins:
Giovann - 5 years
Sarai - 2 yrs(1 year older than her)Taylor - 2 years

These are her extended family cousins (from my sister friends)
Wesley - 3
Jayden - 2
Daniel - 2


Christiana has more cousins that she may not see on a regular basis, but come holiday/birthday seasons that's when she will be able to hang out with them.  Of course there are more cousins, but these are the ones closer to her age.

Her 2nd cousins :
  • Jaylen
  • Jordan
  • Taylor
  • Aria
  • Lion
  • Aniyah
  • Carmelo
  • Antonio
  • Anthony (T-mayes)
I know there are more cousins to add to the list, I just can't remember them all. :O)

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