Dear Pittologists,
It is hard to believe...but I'm back in the USA now... and at work :(.
All I can do is think about the fun times I had in Greece...and oh man... I am nostalgic now.
I had a more than super fun time with all my cousins and I can only wish it was like that every single day of my life. I often think to myself what life would have been like if all of us were around each other all the time. To be able to go out and drink at a cafe or eat at a souvlatzidiko all together... or watch a movie... or go somewhere new and exciting whenever we wanted... or just visit eachother... I think that kind of life would be a spectacular one. More than fun... completely thrilling.
And then I just think... what am I missing? What are we all missing living so very far apart?
But all that I think is just a wish-- a leftover from vacations. The truth of it all is that for us to go to a cafe or a taverna or to the bouzoukia or somewhere special is something that happens very few times. And those times, to me atleast, are very precious. I sit and wonder why and the answer that I get is that its only because we live so very far apart. The times we have together are valuable and immeasurable.
Back in the United States now, what I miss the most is the simple ability to just hop on to a bus and go and see my cousins. To see Penny, Vasia, and Leonida- Leonida and Georgia- Leonida, Tati, Manoli, and Litsa...and not to ever forget Gianni, Georgo, and Lili. Here there's not much to do, no one to go and say "Pame gia Kafe? Souvlakia? Cinema?"
You all are the lucky ones... you have eachother there... and then you also have your other cousins too... people to look up to, to have fun with, to be yourselves with...
In the end, I think I lose too much by being so far away from family-- we all sort of do... some more than others. All of us here in the USA lose from being away from you all in Greece.
What you all should do, as cousins, is never forget that there are some people (your people) like you on the other side of the ocean who dream of some day going to Greece not to see the great places, the beautiful islands, the cascading mountains, the glorious beaches, and the marvelous buildings... but to simply see YOU all.
And with that thought in your minds, be close with one another because you can and because we are all that there will be of us. We live once, we have eachother only and to miss a lifetime of being close with eachother is a terrible and heart-breaking thing to experience... because I know what it feels like... Everytime I leave from you all, or you all leave from me, and we live so very far away... I am-- in a few words-- heart-broken.
Maybe for some of you it is not so very important now... but at the end of the day, a missed lifetime is what it is... and sooner or later, I believe, you will come to see what I am meaning here.
I envy you all in Greece for your abilities, and I love you all too for who you are. Until the next time we meet again in person, I fervently and happily remain:
Your cousin,
N. Python
P.S. I miss you all already.
P.P.S. The same sentiments, of course, go for siblings (brothers and sisters).
