And suddenly, the world shrank to the size of our living rooms.
The Year We Stopped Being Just ‘Cousins’ – A 2020 Time Capsule my cousin sister 2020
She was the person who knew I was having a panic attack before I did. She was the one who texted me a funny meme at 2 AM because she knew I couldn’t sleep. She was the keeper of my lockdown secrets—the failed crushes, the career doubts, the fear of a future that felt so uncertain. And suddenly, the world shrank to the size
At first, it was just something to do. But by May, it was a lifeline. We’d sit there, two meters apart (just in case), and talk about everything except the virus. We talked about our childhood—the summer we got lost in the mela, the time she broke my favorite toy and blamed the cat, the secret language we invented when we were seven. She was the keeper of my lockdown secrets—the
Here’s to 2021. May we always have a sunset to share.