A Highlight of My Summer:

Merinda and I spoke at Girls Camp.

A Highlight of My Life:

Merinda and I met at Girls Camp.

 

Second Cousins

Standing in line at the water slide
One second cousin says to the other second cousin,
"In our family we play this game called Beaver."
"We play that game too!!"
"We Beaver red hair, horses, clothes on a line, and motorcycles."
"We used to Beaver those, but now we Beaver..."

Three days ago, they probably wouldn't have recognized each other on the street.
But, yet they are cousins.  Related through a Grandmother neither of them remembers.
And mysteriously linked by an old fashioned travel game that spanned 4 generations.

Thank heaven for traditions!
And family reunions.
And long drives from Iowa or Washington that unify us to our second cousins.