Dear Cousins,

We have drifted but I still care.

When we were little we were so close. We had so much fun together at our grandparent’s house. We would make up the most ridiculous games together. We even had our own secret club (HolliCrombieSecret), who could forget about that. We would pretend we were mermaids for hours upon hours in the hot tub. We watched would “My Girl” religiously. We each would bring a laundry basket full of babies. We grew up together and learned new things about ourselves along the way.

We have drifted but I still care.

Our friendship when we were children was the most important thing to me. I am not proud to say it but as we got older we got busier and what was important to us shifted. We started talking less and less and soon it became never. Now I only see you at Christmas.

We have drifted but I still care.

Now we are all grown up. We lead our own lives and rarely talk to each other. It is so sad to me because we used to be so close. We have drifted our way out of each other’s lives. I miss you guys.

We have drifted but I still care.

I still care about you guys more than you will ever know. Seeing pictures on Facebook and Instagram make me so happy. You guys have grown up into such beautiful young ladies and I couldn’t be more proud to call you my cousins.

We have drifted but I still care.

I hope that one day, in the near future, we become close again. I miss our friendship and I want what we had as children back. I want my best friends that I would tell everything to back. I want my weird, funny, loving cousins back.

We have drifted but I still care.

For the future I hope you all your dreams come true. You have the potential to do anything your minds could ever dream of. Your hearts are pure gold and your minds are so creative and beautiful. Stay amazing my lovely cousins.

I love you guys,

Lauren