Every day is a new adventure.  During our lives we will meet new people every day and then there will also be times when we do something that makes those around us mad.  Because of one person’s actions it can change each other’s immediate family member’s lives. 

There is this family and then there is another family, the head of the households are brothers and 10 years apart.  When the kids were young they always went to each other’s houses and liked to spend time together.  Then during one hunting trip something was said and after that day they stopped talking to each other.  Years have passed and there was still no contact between the families.

 This is a story of how I felt during this altercation between families.  I remember playing with my young cousin all the time and all the sudden it stopped and then years later we were seeing each other again.  It has been 5 years since I have seen my younger cousin.  We are only separated by a year but we do so much of the same things, you can tell that we are cousins.  Because of one little argument we have missed so much of each other’s lives.  Families are supposed to be together forever but we also need to learn to watch what we say and learn to forgive. 

While being here in Utah I have been able to stay with the family that I haven’t been able to get to know.  There are so many similarities that we have also seen in Grandma.  There are many things like big calves, eye rolling, a condescending tone, and being funny.  I feel like I fit into this group finally which is weird since it is my family.  I am trying to get to know my extended family before it is too late.