From the time that we were little, we were close. You were the one who I would play and run around with for hours at family gatherings. I consider you not to only be my cousin but one of my best friends. As we got older we only got closer, you started to be the person who I would look for a party, someone to sit down and talk to about our crazy family and about everything going on in our lives. We have faced so much together. We visited our grandma in the hospital and in hospice watching them slowly slip away from us and trying to hold back our own tears. We consoled each other through it and when the time came that she was finally gone, we mourned together and remembered the good times that we shared with her. We carried that grief for so long and never really knew what to do with it but with time it became easier, a big part of it for me was having you by my side through it all. We became even closer because of it. Watching our uncle go was hard too but we had each other. You are always someone that I know that I can count on for anything. I have your back and I know you have mine. I am so incredibly proud of everything that you have accomplished and I know that you will do great things.
Thank you for being someone that I can cry, laugh, and joke with. For being the one that we can just have a look between us and immediately start laughing. I am so incredibly lucky to be able to call you my cousin, I am glad that you are here with me to go through it all and to be there with a hug and a smile. You have gotten me through some pretty tough times in my life and I thank you for that. You are the reason that I like going to family gatherings because I get to see you and I get to talk to you about life. I cherish the times we see each other because they are so far and in-between but it just makes them even more special.
I am so proud of the person that you have become. I hope you know that. Be proud of the amazing, caring, funny, and loving person that you are!
Thank you for being my cousin and more importantly thank you for being my friend.
