When I was four and my cousin was five, she was skinny and I was fat. I know about this because of a photo of the two of us that my mom had in a frame.
We were in in a pink baby pool in the backyard of one of the houses we lived at with many relatives gathered around. I was at least twice her skinny size and not posed to hide that fat fact.
I remember looking at her often over the years and then looking at me and realizing how fat I was. Then I could always see this photo for years to come and get to see the proof of how long this had been going on.
Actually, my cousin was always skinny, and I was always fat. My skinny brother two years younger was also in this pool photo and she was friends with him and not me.
I used to see this cousin many times a year. Her mom was my mom’s sister and they were close. I could see her anywhere randomly, and then she would stay for however long the visit lasted. Or I would have to stay at her place.
I saw her at many of our various houses, all the places she lived, camping places we went, places like zoo visits or museum tours, and at holiday celebrations with all the assorted relatives gathering.
Never once was this a good meeting. She and my brother who did not like me anyway, would get together. Then they would have fun climbing trees, rowing canoes, or some other thing I could not do or keep up with.
This cousin also had the name I was supposed to get. The only reason my name is what it is now is because my aunt stole the name my mom wanted a year before I got here. I’m not even going to tell you what that better name is, but people liked to talk about this funny matter of my second choice name at family gatherings.
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