I’ve known my cousin Grady since I was born. He was born 5 months before me. He was my mom’s guinea pig, teaching her how to put a diap on a baby—something she never even did before him! Can you believe it? So good thing for him!
When I was born, Grady already knew all about life. He was so big! I thought, I’d like to be that big one day. So I worked very hard at it. And guess what, would you believe I got that big? But by that time, he was already even bigger! So I had to keep on working hard to catch up. I worked and I worked, and I finally am almost getting there.
He likes Justin Bieber, matchbox cars, and racing. I like the Itsy Bitsy Spider, basketballs, and spinning. But even though we like different things, Grady is my best bud.
My mom and dad told me cousins are like automatic lifelong friends. Because no matter what, cousins will always be there for smashing bread at Thanksgiving or for Whitecastle-stuffed turkeys with the Loonies. They will be at the cottage running down sand dunes, at Ben Franklin in Cambridge shooting chipmunks, at Silver Lake with picnics and weenie roasts and walks through the graveyard. They will even be good friends from India or on sailing trips around the globe. You will see them and feel lucky that you share holidays and blood and grandparents and memories for the rest of your life with them.
My mom says I’m lucky to have a cousin my same age. And I’m even luckier because I get two more cousins this year! My Auntie Liz is going to pick hers out from the baby store tomorrow, and Grady’s mom is getting one in June. For some reason babies are on back order, so they take like 9 or 10 months once you buy them. You should see how big my Auntie Liz got from the stress of waiting. I didn’t want to tell her, but she got heavy in the belly just waiting for her order to come in. Seriously, guys. I even checked to see if she was hiding a basketball under there, and no. It was her big old belly.
Wally, you’re rad.
This is a sweet tribute to “Cousins” on the eve of Cousin Baby Binder’s birth. Perfect timing and perfectly worded!
Awww, Wally Ben you are such a good writer!! Can’t wait for you to meet you new cousins!
That is soooooo sweet. I loved this post. Great one! love you guys!
And now you’ll get to be the “big” cousin that Baby Binder looks up to!! We will all have so much fun!!
That Wally has some advanced writing abilities. I love his take on the world. Sounds like he has an awesome cousin and some great ones on the way (even if they are back ordered).
I think you make me laugh more than most people my age wally!