mikesrice

Today, I went to a funeral of a cousin who, until last year, I never even knew existed. Oddly, we lived in the same town together just a few miles apart. I've since learned that I actually met him once when he worked at a local bakery but (at the time) had no idea who he was. Turns out this cousin and i had a lot in common. Perhaps more than you would expect from someone you never met. We had the same tastes in music, are both musically inclined, enjoy writing and... well, a number of other similarities. Even the guys friend, who spoke at the memorial service, was the spitting image (in mannerisms and gestures) as one of my best friends.

Made me realize that a lot of things do run in the blood... and you can run from a lot of things in life. But you can't run from your blood.