Lounging in bed and scrolling through social media, a photo pops up on my feed of another family gathering - another cousin outing - that I wasn’t invited to. Now, you might expect me to describe a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach or a flash of heat over my face, but in this moment, I am neither mad nor jealous. I am not petty or upset. Instead, I feel happy. I smile slightly at the photo, tap “like” on the post, and wonder about how they’re doing these days. I miss them.
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