College is kind of weird experience for me. Because I live so close to my home and because I come back so often for dance and family parties and because my best friend (who I do pretty much everything with) lives in West Jordan, at times it feels like I never actually left home. And yet, I miss them still. I'm not really sure how that works. But it does.
One of the things I miss the very most, though, is my cute little cousin, my best friend. The song Smile describes what she does for me perfectly. The song is known in my family as our 'Makayla song'.
The words "Even when you´re gone, somehow you come along, just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack and just like that, you steal away the rain and just like that, you make me smile ... " seem especially true to me here at college. Sometimes college is really frustrating and, at times, lonely. Knowing, though, that I have a little girl at home who loves me is the best thing in the whole world and never fails to make me smile.
She is such a happy little girl. I love her running straight to me and giving me a huge hug. She shares her board games (and made up rules) with me and I take her with me to Yogurtland. Every time I'm with her, we end up just laughing together. I always help her get her food at family parties. One of our favorite things to do is take pictures together (I think she just likes pushing the button).
I truly consider her my best friend. We hang out and play, have lots of adventures, and even have inside jokes.
During the summer, we went up to Midway as a family. I was up in my room on my computer, blogging and Facebook stalking people, when Makayla came in. She sat with me for a while on the bed, but I was worried that she was getting bored, so I told her to go play with her brothers downstairs. She told me no, that she just wanted to sit up here with me. It melted my heart.
On Sunday, we had a family party. I went with Makayla and the other little girls downstairs. We played ring around the rosies over and over again and each time, the girls would laugh and laugh every time they fell down. Then would come the "Again! Again!" I played until I was dizzy. It was one of those moments of looking around and realizing how lucky I truly am to have the family that I have. In college, I feel like I appreciate my family more because I don't see them as much, but at the same time, it's easy to forget in the daily busy bustle how grateful I really am to be a part of it.
I love my cousin and will never forget our ring around the rosies moments.
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