Paternal Cousins

My sister and I are the 1st set of grandchildren, the oldest among our paternal cousins. The 2nd set are the siblings, Rod and Paw. The 3rd set, also siblings, Jc and Kenth. We are closest to Rod and Paw because we bonded a lot during our childhood years, poking fun at each other. Kenth and Jc were still babies at that time.

Then in 1993, my family left Mati. It was after a year after my Papa's death  that Mama decided we have to transfer to Davao, live and study there while she was went here in Manila to work. When my grandparents were still alive we frequently visit them in Mati, usually every summer and or christmas. Lolo and Lola spoiled us a lot. Even my uncles' were very much supportive to us and we are very thankful for that. We still bonded with Rod and Paw, even with Jc and Kenth who were already toddlers who keeps on running around in our lolo and lola's house. :) Then there came the 4th set of cousins, Ricky, Kikay, Jay and Ara. They were the new babies of the family. (the later set im not sure of the sequence. :( )

After our grandparent's death we stopped going there. We were busy with school. And then there came family conflicts. It felt awkward to go back there. So for a long time we did not see our cousins but we knew there were new sets of babies in the family 

It was early last year when i found some of my relatives from Mati on facebook. I was excited to see my cousins, particularly. 

June 2010 when we finally meet again. It was during our relative's wedding in Davao

Kenth, JC, Me, Sis, Rod

I was really really happy to see them again.

Earlier, Mama was checking her facebook and told me that my cousin, Kenth, just uploaded pictures and saw two other girls who both looked like my uncle. And so i checked the pictures. We were puzzled as to who is who. Kept on browsing the album and later convinced ourselves that the two girls were my cousins, siblings of Jc and Kenth. We knew that the the older one was Kikay but the sad thing is... i didnt know the name of the other girl. :(

Terrible. I know i still have OTHER cousins whom until now i also don't know their names and  that makes me feel so bad right now. We are a family. We carry the same last name... but it feels like we're strangers to each other.  I wish I knew more things about them.

So now i am really hoping to meet the kids (are are they still kids?). I am not sure when but i pray it's gonna be soon.