Growing up is so strange sometimes.

Maybe I shouldn’t say “growing up” but rather becoming a young adult.

Last weekend, I drove downstate for a family gathering, and it was so nice to see people that I don’t see all that often anymore.

These are family members we used to see at church each week or gather for a family barbecue a few times in the summer. Now, especially since many of the kids have moved away from home, we tend to only see each other at weddings, baby showers, graduation parties, and other big events. The casual time spent together dissipated.

Growing up alongside my cousins, it feels odd to see them getting engaged, working corporate jobs, planning weddings, having kids, etc. — a lot of which were hot topics last weekend — even though I’m experiencing some of the same th

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