{"id":7699,"date":"2014-03-23T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T00:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7699"},"modified":"2014-03-25T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T01:19:13","slug":"honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7699","title":{"rendered":"Honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say cousins are our first friends. \u00a0For me, my cousins were my whole world.<\/p>\n<p>As kids, we all lived fairly close to each other (at least the same city, for awhile). \u00a0Growing up was as it should be. \u00a0Surrounded by family, on any and all occasions. \u00a0Some of my best memories had me playing with my cousins at Christmastime, sitting on the floor in front of my Pappy as he recounted stories of Christmases past from his chair in his living room. \u00a0At the time I was the youngest in the family. \u00a0And I was also very cute.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7703\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-cousins-once-more1.jpg\" width=\"311\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-cousins-once-more1.jpg 311w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The-cousins-once-more1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/>\u00a0When I was 6, my cousin Jennifer was born. \u00a0I remember the sheer delight I had felt that I would finally have a younger cousin but, even better than that, was that she was a girl! \u00a0It was the next best thing to having a little sister. \u00a0 I had hit the jackpot! \u00a0I remember loving on that kid. \u00a0I adored everything about her.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7700\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-Jennifer1.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-Jennifer1.jpg 614w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-Jennifer1-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7701\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-holding-Jen1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-holding-Jen1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Shannen-holding-Jen1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two years later, there was more to love. \u00a0My aunt had another baby girl. \u00a0My cousin Lindsay was wickedly cute. \u00a0I simply adored both of those little ladies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7782\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Linds-1-yr.-Bradley-2-yrs.-Sherrie-Shane-Derek-Michelle-22.jpg\" width=\"361\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Linds-1-yr.-Bradley-2-yrs.-Sherrie-Shane-Derek-Michelle-22.jpg 451w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Linds-1-yr.-Bradley-2-yrs.-Sherrie-Shane-Derek-Michelle-22-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But life happens and our families both ended up moving (too far) away from each other. \u00a0Over the years the visits were fewer and farther between, as it happens with busy lives, but somehow, when we would get together, it was always just&#8230;easy. \u00a0There was always something comforting about spending time with them.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, I got an email from Jen to tell me she&#8217;d gotten engaged and then she asked if I would photograph her wedding. \u00a0Obviously, I said yes. \u00a0And obviously, I was completely honoured.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding is this weekend and though I&#8217;ll be standing behind the camera trying to capture this important day for Jen, I&#8217;ll also be bursting with pride as I watch one of my favourite people in the world walk down the aisle toward her very own happily ever after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Congrats (a few days early), Jen and Bogdan. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait for your big day!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">xo<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say cousins are our first friends. \u00a0For me, my cousins were my whole world. 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