A Decision Tradition
This family tradition actually started quite recently only a few summers ago, but its enjoyability and family bonding value make it absolutely worth preserving. Since a very young age, I’ve always been quite close to two of my cousins, one around the same age as me and the other two years older. As an only child, they were like siblings to me. Because they have lived in various places in Asia over the years, my mom and I used to travel overseas every time I had a break from school to visit them, and I have numerous fond memories with them. However, during the 1-2 year long pandemic, my mom and I weren’t able to travel overseas to visit them, as everyone was stuck in lockdown in their own homes. By the time we next met a few summers ago coming out of the pandemic (in which they came to America to visit us), things were noticeably awkward, as we hadn’t seen each other for such a long time. Our new tradition broke these awkward barriers in no ...