Proof of love

I was meaning to write it long ago, I'd like to put it down to words, as it is a great proof of love.

An unfortunate loss in our family brought us again together. The ones who always stick to each other, and the ones we cut contact with.
I lost contact with my cousin, my only male cousin, just because we communicate via different means and we are two worlds apart. But the mutual love is there. There was always a special connection between us, me, being the oldest of all, him being the only boy. I really appreciated a boy in the family, as it got me in connection with my male bit. I saw some family videos and there we were: The boy and the tomboy, always finding a way to challenge each other.

Until February 2010 I hadn't seen him for 7 years. It was sad to loose the contact and not know how to regain it in some way...

And there we were, and it felt great to hug him and tell him, that I was really hoping to see him and give him a hug, that I was sorry for the distance, that I always had him in my mind.

So he took me out for dinner. The best sushi place there is in town. And so I found out that he had moved into music and was doing concerts with his own songs.
And I dared saying that I write lyrics and that I was trying to learn to play guitar.
He said it was easy, he encouraged me, I could see he believed in me and that made me strong.

He took me home with the car, I was fine taking public transport, but he said he had to, because he had something for me.

We arrived at my place and with a smile in his face, he opened the trunk.

A guitar, a beautiful dark guitar, my eyes sparked: "take it, I have many, I don't need it"
"Next time you come over, we will play together"

I keep practicing. I sit, take my guitar and think of him. His little detail meant the world to me.
Blood is thick.

Granny, wherever you are. You would be so happy to know you brought people together when you left. Not only me. I saw some miracles happening the days you were gone. I saw a lot the love you left being spread.

We will miss you, but we took your love with us. Your energy is huge and lives in us.

You always believed in miracles. Well, you made miracles within us.